manta
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The Gulf of Mexico is home to at least 19 other threatened and endangered species including various types of turtles, the giant manta ray and mountainous star coral.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Friday's decisions move whale sharks, manta rays and devil rays onto Appendix I after countries on Thursday did the same for the critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
Perhaps the manta ray-looking underwater vessel was being tested in their backyard?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
Inflating the air chamber forces the fins to bend -- similar to the down stroke when a manta flaps its fins.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
Not a stingray, not a manta ray, but an electric ray.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
This may have been because reef mantas have smaller dermal denticles and so there was less friction to keep the cups in place.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 23, 2023
Despite this, up to 1,000 giant mantas are thought to be harvested from specific locations every year for their meat and gill rakers, the latter being traded as Chinese medicine.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2018
Coral and colorful, small fish are almost always around, but mantas, hammerhead sharks and turtles are in shorter supply.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2016
The protections require certificates proving that the mantas have been caught and imported legally.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2016
The women who were already in mourning for my uncle Lucas took this opportunity to place their mantas over their faces and to scurry to their homes before the hellish storm raised its head again.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
