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I took a side trip to Madagascar in the final weeks of my reporting trip and encountered the absolutely incredible call of the Indri indri lemur.

The Indri, the largest remaining lemurs in Madagascar get credit for the name lemur, which is related to the Latin for ghost. Indri calls can travel 2 km.

The story is either the first Europeans heard them coming from the forest and thought they sounded like ghosts or that it comes from Malagasy legend that the lemurs are the ghosts of their ancestors

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beenevolence: “sixpenceee: “We now classify these creatures as Manta Birostris, or gigantic manta ray. They have the largest brain of all the world’s fishes. Despite its massive size, the giant manta ray feeds on some of the tiniest organisms in the...
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beenevolence: “sixpenceee: “We now classify these creatures as Manta Birostris, or gigantic manta ray. They have the largest brain of all the world’s fishes. Despite its massive size, the giant manta ray feeds on some of the tiniest organisms in the...
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sixpenceee:

We now classify these creatures as Manta Birostris, or gigantic manta ray. They have the largest brain of all the world’s fishes. Despite its massive size, the giant manta ray feeds on some of the tiniest organisms in the ocean. Giant manta rays often jump clear of the water, possibly as a form of communication or even play. (Source)

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