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Magnificent Mantas! With Lois Flounders, Yani Mohamed and Simon Hilbourne from the Manta Trust

Magnificent Mantas! With Lois Flounders, Yani Mohamed and Simon Hilbourne from the Manta Trust

FromWorld of Sharks


Magnificent Mantas! With Lois Flounders, Yani Mohamed and Simon Hilbourne from the Manta Trust

FromWorld of Sharks

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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Mar 31, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Get ready to chat all things sea pancake! This episode, we pitched all your questions about the mesmerising manta ray to Yani, Simon and Lois who work for the Maldivian Manta Ray Project (MMRP), the flagship research project of the Manta Trust. We learn so much about these enigmatic, highly intelligent animals - how do they feed? Why do they jump out of the water? And why is the Maldives such a special place for them? We also chat about what it's like to work in the Maldives and swim with mantas for a living, as well as how YOU can help in the research and conservation of these incredible elasmobranchs. 
Find out more about the MMRP here: https://www.mantatrust.org/maldives, the manta trust here: https://www.mantatrust.org/, and how to submit to IDtheManta here: https://www.mantatrust.org/idthemanta. You can also find out about a job opportunity to work in the Maldives with this amazing team here: https://www.mantatrust.org/careers. 
The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) are proud to have funded and supported the Manta Trust since the very beginning. You can find out more about our work, and the other projects we fund, here: https://saveourseas.com/. 
Released:
Mar 31, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Welcome to World of Sharks, a podcast all about sharks, rays and their underwater habitat brought to you by the Save our Seas Foundation. Forget Jaws – there is SO much more to sharks than their fearsome reputation. Join scientist and shark nerd Dr Isla Hodgson as she chats with leading experts in shark science, conservation and storytelling to take a deep dive into the fascinating world of one of the most diverse, well-adapted, enigmatic, misunderstood and threatened groups of animals on the planet.