Gallery: Photos: A Sanctuary for Enormous, Majestic Manta Rays
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Indonesia, recognizing that mantas are iconic marine creatures with incredible tourism potential value, just declared the world's biggest manta sanctuary at 2.3 million square miles.
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Reef manta rays form a feeding train in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
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A tourist swims with manta rays near Manta Ridge, Raja Ampat.
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This oceanic manta ray battled for its life for an hour before being speared and dragged up to a hunting boat in Lamakera, Indonesia.
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Dead oceanic manta ray strapped to the deck of a hunting boat in Lamakera, Indonesia.
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Young boy looks down sadly at a dead baby reef manta ray. With many local populations depleted, fishermen have begun targeting even baby manta rays.
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Fisherman hoists the body of a baby manta ray.
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A Singapore store owner offers a manta gill for sale.
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Dive tourists in Nusa Penda, Bali watch in awe as a manta dances before them.
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A baby manta ray swims in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
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