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| Name: |
Nita
Ray |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Current
Size: |
4feet(1996) |
| Last
Sighting: |
1997 |
| First
Size: |
{First
Size} |
| First
Sighting: |
June
26, 1996 |
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Nita
Ray is a
beautiful young female manta with exquisite back markings. She is the Manta
Pacific "poster" manta because of her beauty. She was 4' across
when she was first seen at the Kona Surf site on the night of June 26, 1996.
She was shy and passed by the divers without stopping to feed. She spent
many days and nights at Kailua Pier during July and August 1996. Nita was
again sighted at the Kona Surf during the last week of May 1997. In September
1997, Nita returned to the Kona Surf, but her tail was only one foot long
and her left wing tip was missing. She frequently interacts with divers
at both the Kona Surf and Ho'ona site. |
Manta
Pacific Research Foundation