Whales, sea turtles, crocodiles, giant clams, manta rays, and dugongs also ply the peninsula's waters. |
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The large lagoon and break in the reef attract many species, including dugongs, whale sharks, dolphins and manta rays. |
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Even the migration pattern of species such as whale sharks, manta rays, turtles and whales has a bearing on when to go. |
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A manta ray flashed, scattering a school of butterfly fish, silver and striped with dark gold, each moving like the pulse of a wing. |
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The 30-foot dive off the end of the pier showed me an array of sea creatures, from manta rays to green turtles to Galapagos sharks. |
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There were plenty of turtles, huge infestations of purple spotted stingrays and some large manta rays. |
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It's early-season, but you never know, a manta or whale shark could pass by. |
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For several years, a manta nicknamed Molly used to be the star attraction here. |
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Tropical fish haunt its few coral reefs, and whale sharks and giant Pacific manta rays feed on its plankton. |
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No plankton means no basking sharks or manta rays but it also means exceedingly good visibility. |
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Eagle rays, manta rays, sharks, barracudas and carangids can easily be seen in the blue. |
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There is incredible 60m visibility, amazing multicoloured coral, and everything from hawksbill turtles to giant manta rays to see. |
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There's also a chance of seeing blue manta, the dark, silent deltas of the deep. |
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Turtles, large shoals of fish and pelagics including hammerhead, sharks, manta rays and whale sharks are often encountered. |
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The band already have a professional manta ray, their merch guy Olly, who has a proper costume left over from a video shoot. |
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On the second dive we spot a manta ray and an enormous grouper. |
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Meanwhile a manta ray passed overhead like a modern stealth bomber. |
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The major trading of tuna, marlin, shark, kingfish, swordfish and manta ray is conducted in the covered hallways of the central market in Creek Road. |
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For several years, the powerful lights that shine from this hotel have been a magnet for plankton, which in turn attracts the manta rays from nearby deep water. |
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They also go after sunfish, marlin, and dorado, as well as manta rays. |
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There are some impressive encounters: dolphins, manta rays, turtles and even barracudas. |
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Whale sharks, manta rays and even grey whales are almost common. |
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Barracudas and white tip reef sharks and occasionally hammerheads and manta rays can be found. |
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Beyond your balcony, is the sparkling water, where in the early morning, large manta rays bask in the sunshine and electric-blue fish dart in frenzy. |
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Along with dolphins, Shark Bay is home to whales, manta rays, turtles, sharks, a huge array of fish and a tenth of the world's dugongs. |
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You can also dive, swim or snorkel with dolphins, graceful manta rays and hundreds of species of tropical fish. |
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For everyone else, the recently unveiled manta Underwater Room in Zanzibar sounds like a dream come true. |
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At that bommie, we watched a manta swimming off into the distance. |
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Here I spent well over three minutes transfixed by a manta. |
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Vincent hauls them both onstage to initiate a manta ray battle. |
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Tim Mullican of the Georgia Aquarium is the head of the manta ray project at the aquarium. |
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Plus, a manta ray on the Japanese island of Okinawa that needs an ultra-sound scan to determine if it's pregnant. |
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The filmmakers find severed shark fins covering a roof in China and piles of gills cut from manta rays in Indonesia. |
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Ten or so miles into the run, Stephen Ferrell and I started spotting giant manta rays on the surface. |
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Once we caught up with one, it was heart-stopping stuff: I got within touching distance of this awe-inspiring animal, and saw manta rays, turtles and dolphins. |
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Vuma caverns, an hour north of Mombasa by dive boat with Buccaneer Diving, has exceptional wall diving and possible appearances by dolphins or manta rays. |
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The project addresses many issues, including the protection of manta rays, night fishing, the minimum size of fish authorised for harvesting, and damage to the seabed caused by anchors. |
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The rays that the cobias like to follow are manta, southern and the roughtail stingray that can reach weights of 650 pounds. |
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Kenya put forward the sawfish proposal while both the reef manta and devil rays were proposed by Fiji. |
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The aquarium would include manta rays, hammerhead sharks and controversial Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins. |
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Only a few species, like manta rays, live in the open sea, and only a few live in freshwater, while some batoids can live in brackish bays and estuaries. |
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This fish was a pioneer for the ecological niche filled today by mammals, like blue whales, and cartilaginous fish, such as manta rays, basking sharks and whale sharks. |
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Basking sharks and manta rays are some of migrant species to the sea. |
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