REVEALED: Secret Animal Mission

You might remember when I jetted off to Florida on a super secret animal mission? Well, now I can finally spill the deets... I observed the Georgia Aquarium ship an 8-foot wide giant manta ray in water, across state borders, on an 8-hour overnight transport. Seriously. I was in the SUV following the truck for the entire journey. Awesome sauce.

These transport posts went live on the National Geographic INSIDE WILD blog in a series. Here's the first blog post What's it Take to Ship a Manta Ray? about preparations and the second blog post Manta Ray Transport...

And if you're up for reading my other recent Nat Geo posts over a cup of coffee this morning, here are some links to new posts:

Giant Grasshoppers

Aerial Surveying of Wild Manta Ray Populations

Notes from a Dog Walker

Comments

[Shannon of ** Happiness Is...**]

Oh wow! What an experience! :) xo

[Patricia]

what a great blog! it's amazing you got to be there, I would have loved to see and experience that!

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[amy]

craziness!

[Kirsten]

SOO fun!!! I love animals and would so enjoy an assignment like this. What an interesting task!