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The mantas are still spotted in May and October, but in fewer numbers.
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Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
From freezer reshuffling to roadside inspections mid-journey to the Smithsonian, the manta’s journey to formal recognition was as dramatic as the discovery itself.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
This work led to an entire field of manta research that tracks over a thousand individual mantas at these islands.
—Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 8 June 2025
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Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
From freezer reshuffling to roadside inspections mid-journey to the Smithsonian, the manta’s journey to formal recognition was as dramatic as the discovery itself.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
This work led to an entire field of manta research that tracks over a thousand individual mantas at these islands.
—Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manta
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The box set, available on both DVD and Blu-ray, includes 53 episodes and more than 19 hours of special features, with interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Marine biologist Erick Higuera Rivas, project director at Conexiones Terramar and Pelagic Life, said orcas capable of hunting sharks and rays could likely take down a white shark anywhere.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Manta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manta. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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