Tag: conservation

Whale Rescue off Cabo San Lucas. Hats off to our Friend Oscar Ortiz. Check Out the "Cabovillas" Link. 14 FEB 2011

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Categories Archive
Post date 2011-02-15
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By Nautilus Staff on February 15th, 2011 in Archive

We received this link recently, and thought we’d share it with everyone: Entangled Whale Rescued in Los Cabos – Cabo Blog Click on the link to see footage of divers rescuing a humpback whale. The Cabo Expeditions team along with the Mexican Navy were contacted to free the whale from the netting. Learn more about Cabo […]

Tags Cabo San Lucas, conservation, humpback whales, whales

Scientific study and 23 giant mantas identified

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Categories Archive
Post date 2009-04-14

By Nautilus Staff on April 14th, 2009 in Archive

Location: Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico We had a very interesting trip with 5 scientists onboard the Nautilus Explorer for our trip to Socorro Island. Guy Stevens from Maldives. Tim Clark from Hawaii and Bob Rubin and Karey Kumli from the United States. All with a a lot of knowledge of giant mantas from different […]

Tags conservation, Manta Identification, mexico, Pacific Giant Manta Ray, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Scientific study, socorro island

Giant Manta Interaction with Divers at Socorro/Revillagigedo Islands

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Sea of Cortez, Socorro
Post date 2007-10-25

By Nautilus Staff on October 25th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Sea of Cortez, Socorro

So, over 200 identified Socorro mantas now with lots of resightings and many thanks to everybody who sent manta images and video in to Bob and Karey over the summer. Karey made one especially interesting comment to me that she was able to positively identify several animals a day or two apart at different islands from images taken by our guests. One wonders if the mantas preceded the Nautilus Explorer or followed us??