November 21, 2019
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A giant oceanic manta ray washed up on a Northland beach on Thursday. The sea creature is more than 4m wide and is estimated to weigh about 1.5 tonnes. It came ashore on Rarawa Beach yesterday.The Oceanic manta ray is the largest species of ray in the world and can grow to 7m in width...it was not known why it washed ashore, as there were no signs of injury or trauma, or that it ingested microplastics or anything else.
