. >> the bazaruto archipelago off the coast of mozambique is the place to see giant manta-rays. but like many other species, their body parts are sought after for traditional chinese medicine, putting pressure on their populations.the "marine megafauna foundation" has been monitoring the mantas and other wildlife for years.but science alone won't turn the tide, so researchers have teamed up with national park rangers to save their protegees. >> everyone must be absolutely silent . andrea marshall and her team are looking for a large sea creature the dugong >> andrea! andrea! >> the dugong is extremely shy and can easily outswim the humans >> this park is so incredibly important for megafauna species, especially the threatened ones like manta rays and dugongs, this really is the last habitat left in africa for dugongs, this is the last viable population of dugongs that we have along this coastline. and for manta rays this was an incredible place, in all my travels around the world i have never encountered a location where both species of manta rays live. so this makes it such a cr

. >>> in peru a huge find this week an enormous manta ray reportedly weighing a ton, and spanding 26 feet. it's almost not real, isn't and just a wooden boat one fisherman said they were completely taken by surprise when they felt the boat shudder and lurch and found the manta ray tangled in the net. >>> and finally a dramatic chase involving that coyote on the streets of new york saturday. police officers chased the coyote for about an hour before finally capturing her using a tranquilizer dart. the coyote was then sent to the aspca. no word if it's the same coyote seen roaming the big apple several times earlier this >>> did not want to be captured. >> had a good run of things for a little while. >> sheinelle, thanks. >> checking on the forecast. >> finally no severe storms out there right now but we do have another chance of a round of strong storms through texas later on today. but much later on this evening, around 8:00 or so tonight. we do have yesterday's storm system finally exiting so we do have some rain back through virginia. but later on today we have to focus especially

an enormous manta ray, weigh 1 ton measuring 26 feet across was accidentally caught by a group of fishermen off the coast of peru. they were traveling in a homemade wooden boat when the massive creature got tangled in their net. >>> a wiley coyote led police on a child two-hour chase before finally being caught. the officers tailed the animal on foot and by cruisers. before cornering her in an outdoor cafe in lower manhattan. the coyote was taken by patrol car to an animal care facility. up next he lost nearly everything but now one man is getting a second chance thanks to a complete stranger. >>> we end tonight with a story of one man who owes a debt of gratitude to a total stranger. the mudslide last year robbed him of everything he had. but in a cruel twist he was left with a big financial burden, that is until someone he never met stepped in. here's nbc's joe friar. >> reporter: when tim ward woke up on march 22nd, 2014 he was living on a five-acre farm raising chickens and turkeys with the love of his life, brandy. >> within 30 minutes, our life was forever changed. >> that morning in

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it's a manta ray that reportedly weigh as ton and is 26 feet wide. some fishermen got quite a cpñ2?tally caught it off the coast of peru. they were traveling in a wooden boat when the creature got caught in their nets. sadly, the mantda ray was hurt. >>> this wasn't your typical police chase. it took nypd officers an hour before they finally cornered a kai oetdy on the loose in new york city. a camera recorded police capturing the animal at an outdoor cafe. they tranquilized her and took her to the aspca for care. an official says this was the third coyoty sighting this week and the fourth in manhattan this year. here'sgéia a look at what's comingon up next on in depth with graham bensinger. >> we are here in the philippines in manny pacquiao's hometown. we spent the past few days with seeing where the champ lives and trains. >>> we are going to warm up more. >> as we head into next week. tomorrow is still below average and then we track a chance of light showers in the afternoon. by tuesday, mostly sunny. 67. so closer to the average. look at wednesday. the low 70s are back. so it'

sure enough there he is flying the dang manta ray going 25 feet up in the air. >> we were really excitedhat people were able to get that high. it was remarkable because none of us had even gotten close to that. >> for almost a minute chase soars high above the boat, but then everything changes. >> i'm getting a little bit scared and it's too high. i feel like i need to come down. i started to climb towards the front of the tube and signal slow down. >> we could see that he was pointing down that he wanted the boat to slow down a bit. >> that's when the driver of the boat slowed the boat down and maybe faster than he should have. >> the boat loses too much speed too quickly and chase smashes down head first. >> the kite tube went from 25, 30 feet up in the air down to zero in a matter of two seconds. >> there's nothing i can do because my body is full length stretched in the air. i didn't want to break my neck. i knew this was going to hurt. all of a sudden my heels came next to my ears. my body collapsed on itself the wrong way that a body should fold. then i hit the water, it was probab