Not to be conflated with sawsharks, sawfish are a family of rays belonging to the Pristidae family. This family is distinguished by an elongated rostrum. This “saw” is equipped with specialized external “teeth” and sensory structures to aid in electroreception and prey capture. Sawfish share ancestral affinities with the guitarfish. Currently, five species across two genera are recognized.
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Manta Ray (Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972
Make no surprise there have already been multiple manta ray figures reviewed on this blog, with 3 from the big 4 already being tackled: CollectA, Papo, and Schleich. It is not surprising, as there is no shortage of manta ray figures, with a number of good and incredible figures in many different sizes: from tube-sized to standard-sized figures, across both the reef and oceanic mantas.
Sperm Whale, adult and calf (Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection by Safari Ltd.)

For author’s summary of species look here
This will be the last review of a cetacean species from the Monterey Bay Aquarium collection, the sperm whale adult and calf pair.
The adult female measures 29 cm, which corresponds to an 11.6 m whale at the marketed 1:40 scale. Above, you can see it scales well with the Safari Sea Life giant squid (24.5 cm/9.8 m) and the CollectA basking shark (22 cm/ 8.8 m).
Killer Whale, adult and calf (Monterey Bay Aquarium by Safari Ltd.)

For the author’s overview of this species, please see this review
Despite many killer whale figures having been produced, it has been about 2 years since I’ve last covered this species. Most of them tend to fall short of my standards, but maybe things will be different for the Monterey Bay Aquarium series that rarely leaves me disappointed.
Bottlenose Dolphin, adult and calf (Monterey Bay Aquarium by Safari Ltd)

Great Hammerhead Shark (Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection from Safari Ltd)

Pacific White-Sided Dolphin (Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection by Safari Ltd.)

While the more popular cetacean species exist in most parts of the world, there exist many that are confined to their own little corner of the ocean, such as the North Pacific white-sided dolphin (Sagmatias obliquidens). These dolphins exist across the entire span of the North Pacific.
Giant Squid (Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection by Safari Ltd.)

I must have been about 7-9 years old when I was first introduced to the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) via an episode of Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World, which aired on the Discovery Channel during the 80’s and 90’s. The show was about unexplained phenomena and the episode in question was titled “Monsters of the Deep”.
Great White Shark (Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972
Every year, there will be a week dedicated to sharks known as Shark Week, where many content creators dedicate to posting shark-related content for that period of time. Most famously, the infamous Discovery Channel airs the sub-par shark specials annually for that period, which unfortunately focuses more on sensationalization rather than actual science, which misinforms the general public about sharks, causing a deeper divide between fiction and reality.
Humpback Whale, adult and calf (Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Bigeye Thresher Shark (Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Narwhal (Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection by Safari Ltd.)
