Manta ray washes up near Salem The Boston Globe
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The body of an Atlantic manta ray washed up sometime Saturday onto a mud flat near Salem, far from where the creature normally glides through the open sea. Officials planned to tow the remains, more than 500 pounds, to the Atlantic to be picked apart by fish and seagulls.
The body of an Atlantic manta ray washed up sometime Saturday onto a mud flat near Salem, far from where the creature normally glides through the open sea. Officials planned to tow the remains, more than 500 pounds, to the Atlantic to be picked apart by fish and seagulls. (Globe Photo / Hannah Forman)
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