How to Use manta ray in a Sentence

manta ray

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• The bars are on motors and can move up and down around the sphere, like the curve of a manta ray’s fin.
  — Dani Deahl, The Verge, 9 July 2019
• My aim is to see the whale sharks and manta rays of the Maldives—one of our Best Trips for 2020.
  — National Geographic, 31 Dec. 2019
• At one point, the speed boat captain spots a manta ray.
  — Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2024
• But more awesome are the manta rays, which are more than 18 feet wide.
  — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
• Snorkel with Manta Rays in Kona Kona is known for a place to snorkel with manta rays.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
• Ink covered their chests and arms in black patterns that looked like manta rays and birds.
  — Peter Heller, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
• Jake Wilton thinks that the manta ray might have recognized him from his recent dives in the area.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2019
• The blooms, in turn, attract plankton, a favorite prey of manta rays.
  — Christopher Pala, Science | AAAS, 21 Sep. 2017
• More manta ray viewing tour boats could also use the sites if the buoys were installed.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 July 2021
• Bottlenose dolphins, magpies, and manta rays are among the few species that have passed that test.
  — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2019
• The Manta gets its name from a pair of retractable wings used to hold a third of the solar panels that mimic the shape of a manta ray.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2021
• This month has Bavaria in Texas, fireworks in London, and manta rays in Mozambique.
  — George Stone, National Geographic, 5 Nov. 2019
• Some of the coolness is quite cool — giant flying manta ray taxis!
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• That’s because the watercraft’s unique look, as its name may have given away, is based on the manta ray.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2023
• Finding a juvenile manta ray, which are downright rare in most parts of the ocean.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 June 2018
• Thankfully, a giant manta ray with hooks caught in her eye found one of these buddies out in the deep blue sea.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2019
• Trash falls from the surface of the water and into a manta ray’s mouth—an image captured by a diver off the coast of Bali.
  — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
• Among those at risk are four hammerhead shark species, four species of angel shark and the giant manta ray.
  — NBC News, 10 Dec. 2020
• To top it off, the water shelters manta rays, sea turtles, and a live reef begging to be explored.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
• Divers from around the world flock here to swim with massive manta rays and glide though undersea forests of brain corals, blue staghorns and orange sea whips.
  — Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• Netgear’s new high-end router looks like a manta ray, which is to say it’s relatively par for the course for the Nighthawk line of wireless routers.
  — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 11 Jan. 2021
• Guests might see humpback whales and spinner dolphins, swim with sea turtles, and snorkel with manta rays and reef sharks.
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2023
• At their gargantuan sizes, manta rays have only the most plus-sized of predators to fear, and many survive decades in the wild.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
• The group was watching whales and following fish and a manta ray, Maui police spokeswoman Lt.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2020
• The Big Island is quite unique and remarkable for manta ray sightings.
  — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• And that’s where most of the natural diversity exists, from manta rays in the north to hammerhead sharks in the south.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
• Despite their size — up to around 25 feet across — manta rays only eat plankton, shellfish and small fish.
  — NBC News, 12 July 2019
• Kokomo, for instance, keeps a database of manta rays, turtles, and reef sharks, spotted by the staff, divers, and snorkelers.
  — Chaney Kwak, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2018
• Projects in the region include studying the impact of sharks on local fisheries and the behavior of coastal manta rays.
  — Julia Chan, CNN, 17 May 2023
• Home to a juvenile manta ray aggregation point, the lagoon is a significant research ground for the Manta Trust team and guests will have the chance to see the manta rays up close.
  — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024