he was able to get nice and close to this gorgeous manta ray. they can weigh as much as 3600 pounds. while we're speaking of giants, large ones out there, the humpback whale. what is super cool about this is you've got this nice i don't have head view of that whale. if you think that is big, let me bring in some perspective here once ago ento help you understand the size of that whale. as big as it looks, there's the baby. there is mama whale. once you see mama, now you put the side together. >> they get through. are you like, oh, wow. >> those are pacific white sided dolphins enjoying play time. this near manta ray bay, california. >> it's the best's the best's tt >> you can see in the distance, there is a tour boat out there looking, spotting whales. they have a couple whales making for the perfect day of whale watchin watching. >> it's almost time for the rtm you choose give away, where you could win a google home or amazon. which one? you get to choose. >> you could ep that one. i'll keep this one. >> after answering monday's buzz word. the

the last trip ijust did was in february and march and we were looking for new species as well as manta rays goby, but over the last 15 years we have nearly 90 new species of fish that have come their ranging from walking sharks, a full sweep of really beautiful and spectacularly coloured animals. most people would know the goby fish in asia because it's quite popular in chinese restaurants, so how is this one you've discovered different and along with that, how do you start to protect this entire environment from potential fishermen or tourists who are now obviously flocking there? this particular goby we're looking at is called a silhouettean goby and it's just a very different head shape to it, as well as the colouration. in terms of the work we are doing to preserve the raja ampat, we have been working with the local communities and governments since about 2001 to put into place a network of eight different marine parks around raja ampat. so the vast majority of the area is now protected from fishing, especially commercial and outside fishing. but right now, what we are facing of course

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