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That did not include more than 100 manatees statewide and an untold number of fish, as well as large animals such as sharks and tarpons.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2018

We would swim with the tarpons and snorkel the reefs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2018

As bites taper off, we pull anchor and head farther upstream, eyes out for telltale rolling of feeding tarpons.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2017

Get a seat by the stream around twilight and watch tarpons swim in the water and bats hunt for mosquitoes.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2015

It won't be us who have to make Tom stay away from the tarpons, he wants to himself now.

From Elizabeth Visits America by Glyn, Elinor