Manta rays are classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

国际自然保护联盟将蝠鲼列为濒危物种。

Giant manta rays have a unique body shape.

巨大的蝠鲼有着独特的体型。

Manta rays are often solitary animals that live over 20 years in tropical, subtropical, and temperate oceans worldwide.

蝠鲼通常是独居动物，在世界各地的热带、亚热带和温带海洋中生活超过20年。

Governments also voted to protect two species of manta rays, as well.

各政府还投票保护两种蝠鲼。

The manta rays include one species that lives near reefs and another that's migratory.

蝠鲼是包括在其中生活在礁附近的一个物种, 而另一种则有迁居习惯。

Out of about 32,000 species of fish, manta rays have the largest brains.

在大约32，000种鱼类中，蝠鲼的大脑最大。

Yeah, we see dolphins, we see manta rays, We see a lot of turtles.

嗯，我们也看到过海豚，我们还看到过蝠鲼和很多乌龟。

My name's Andrea Marshall. I'm a manta ray researcher and a marine biologist.

我叫安德里亚·马歇尔。我是一名海洋生物学家，也是蝠鲼研究员。

A manta ray, two metres long, has come back to a favourite stretch of reef.

一条两米长的蝠鲼，回到了最喜欢的珊瑚礁。

Thirty feet was the Guinness world record for the largest manta ray wingspan ever recorded.

30英尺是有史以来最大的蝠鲼翼展的吉尼斯世界纪录。

Once you see a manta ray, there's no way you couldn't care about them.

一旦你看到蝠鲼，你就不会不关心它们。

The manta rays are prized for their gills, which are also used as a food delicacy.

蝠鲼因为其腮而自豪, 但也用作美食。

The wingspan or disc size of a giant manta ray can measure more than 25 feet across.

一只大的蝠鲼的翼展或者说它的身盘大小可以超过25英尺。

A lot of her research on manta rays has carried off the coast of the East African country of Mozambique.

她对蝠鲼的研究已经在东非国家莫桑比克海岸进行。

The more people are aware of manta rays and their environment, the more they're going to want to protect them.

人们对蝠鲼及其环境的了解越多，就越想保护蝠鲼。

The answer here is the manta ray, the largest type of ray there is whose wingspan can stretch as far as 30 feet.

答案是蝠鲼，这是一种最大的鳐，它的翼展可以延伸到30英尺。

Our ultimate purpose is to get manta rays protected worldwide, and also to protect their habitat that we know they need to survive.

我们的最终目的是保护全世界的蝠鲼，也保护我们已知的蝠鲼栖息地。

But there are a number of organizations working to protect manta rays around the world and advocates say these animals are easy to love.

但是，全球范围内有许多致力于保护蝠鲼的动物组织，倡导者认为这些动物很招人喜欢。

Still, our friends at Great Big Story tell us that people should never touch a manta ray in the wild unless maybe they're experts.

不过，我们在《好故事》的朋友告诉我们，除非是专家，否则切勿在野外触碰蝠鲼。

We have a special feature with marine scientists and Rolex Awards laureate Kerstin Forsberg who's working to protect manta rays in her home country of Peru.

我们特别邀请了海洋科学家和劳力士奖得主 Kerstin Forsberg，她致力于保护家乡秘鲁的蝠鲼。