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Title:
Project Manta
Finalist Categories:
Best Conservation Program (sponsored by Denver Museum of Nature & Science)  
Film ID:
11010
Series:
Production Details:
Kaufmann Productions Pty, Ltd., WDR & ARTE in Association with National Geographic Channel & Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Film Length:
52 min
Synopsis:
Manta rays are giant ocean wanderers and they're smart. With the largest brain-to-body size of any living fish, these mesmerizingly graceful creatures are intelligent. They curiously interact with people, travel vast distances and show surprisingly complex behavior. Join Australian biologist, Dr. Kathy Townsend and her Project Manta team as they reveal the mantas' secret world. Journey to manta hotspots in Mexico, Micronesia, the Maldives and Australia's Great Barrier Reef to discover breathtaking feeding frenzies and rare mating rituals. But mantas are under threat, and this is a time when they could be key indicators of our rapidly changing world.
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