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These highly intelligent fish make friendships that last a lifetime — and you can adopt them. Our producer, Mateo, tells us fascinating facts about manta rays, and shares how you can adopt one from the Manta Trust in the Maldives, and follow their life's journey

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00:00Have you ever considered adopting a manta ray?
00:03This is Kalina Koo and she's not only a manta ray, but she's also a survivor.
00:07First, she was hit by a boat and not long after that, she was caught in a fishing net.
00:11Most manta rays wouldn't make it through that, but Kalina Koo did.
00:15She was rescued and monitored by an incredible team of volunteers at Manta Trust.
00:19Thanks to their efforts, not only Kalina Koo survived, but also became mom of four different
00:23generations of manta rays.
00:25And this is very important because she has literally helped grow the population in the
00:29wild, while also carrying the scars of what she's been through.
00:35The volunteers at Manta Trust have come to understand that Manta rays are actually very intelligent
00:40since they can recognize themselves in the mirrors just like humans do.
00:43And this is not a coincidence since they have the biggest brain of all fish out there.
00:48They can also build relationships and friendships that last forever.
00:54And I'm pretty sure a lot of us can relate to what they do because they literally protect
00:57the butterflies of the sea, or at least that's how people in the Maldives call them, which
01:01is where they operate.
01:06The best part of all of this is that you can adopt Kalina Koo or one of her other manta
01:11friends.
01:13All you have to do is go to the Manta Trust website, pick a Manta, and then you will get
01:16a bio and adoption certificate.
01:18Then they will say your constant updates of your Manta in the wild and how she or he is
01:22doing.
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