Meet the manta rays, barracudas, sharks, sperm and right whales, and seals in their natural habitat
Underwater footage of manta rays, barracudas, sharks, sperm and right whales, seals, and a shipwreck.
Carl Finkbeiner (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Hell Creek was home to T. rex, Triceratops, and now…these foot bones.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Some spiders seem to “gallop” across the surface of water.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about the different kinds of volcanic eruptions.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, MainzLearn about tiger sharks and various types of rays, including the spotted eagle ray, the manta ray, and the stingray.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.John Rafferty, associate editor of Earth sciences of Encyclopædia Britannica, discussing the sounds that whales make and the differences between the sounds of baleen whales and toothed whales.
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© Fun Travel TV (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Manta rays swimming in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef, off the eastern coast of Australia.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, MainzMarine biologists studying the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the waters off Moorea, French Polynesia.
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