{"product_id":"oceanic-manta-adventure-sy-montgomery-9781328987297","title":"Oceanic Manta Adventure: Saving the Angels of the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSibert Medalist, National Book Award Honoree, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Sy Montgomery dives below the surface to study giant manta rays in Ecuador in this final installment in the award-winning Scientists in the Field series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the vast Pacific, the ocean heaves and sighs like a beating heart. But dive beneath the surface, and angels appear. Giant manta rays--wider than a car is long, with wingspans stretching up to twenty feet--glide past with balletic grace, then vanish into the murky blue. They can soar to depths of nearly a mile, race at twenty-two miles an hour, and live more than fifty years. With the largest brain of any fish on Earth, they are among the ocean's most intelligent and mysterious creatures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut even the most magnificent creatures are fragile. Because mantas grow up slowly--reaching maturity only at seven to ten years--and raise just a single pup once every few years, they are uniquely vulnerable. Only recently did scientists discover that these \"angels of the sea\" are hovering on the edge of extinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBestselling author Sy Montgomery joins scientist Michel Guererro and his team to search for mantas in Ecuador's plankton-rich waters, record their sightings, chart their locations, and note their behaviors and the conditions around them. The work will test and challenge them. But as they struggle and learn, they will also be transformed by their encounters with one of the largest, most mysterious, and most imperiled beings ever to swim the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sy Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1328987299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328987297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Sy Montgomery","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437701279999,"sku":"9781328987297","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4c714ff-0dd8-4ff2-be35-e24d2c7d4aeb.jpg?v=1777163496","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oceanic-manta-adventure-sy-montgomery-9781328987297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}