mantas

基本解釋

Mantas, easily recognizable by their pectoral "wings, " stay near the ocean's surface, unlike other rays.
蝠鲼在海面停留時，胸翼會放射出與眾不同的光芒，所以很容易識別。
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Despite their large size, with wingspans stretching up to 12 feet (3.6 meters), as many as 200 mantas may pack a football field-sized bay during these feeding frenzies.
盡管它們體型巨大，光是翼幅展開就寬達3.6米，但在這種狼吞虎咽的關鍵時刻，一塊只有足球場大的海灣區(qū)域還是有多達200只的蝠鲼擠在一起。
Mantas, with their slow reproductive rate, are vulnerable to overfishing, so a robust tourist trade could give local communities an economic incentive to conserve the fish rather than kill them.
蝠鲼繁殖率緩慢，很容易受到過度捕撈，所以強大的旅游業(yè)可以給當?shù)厣鐓^(qū)的經(jīng)濟補助，以保護魚類，而不是殺死它們。

It had been an emotional outburst, the mantas said, in reaction to the loss of El 85.
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any large ray (fish) of the family Mobulidae, having very wide winglike pectoral fins and feeding on plankton (Also called manta ray, devilfish, devil ray)