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Friday, 6 November 2015

Stingrays








Stingrays. Innocent and friendly. But are they all what we say they are? Suppose there’s a dark side of stingrays. What happened to Steve Irwin? He died because of a Stingray! Aren’t they dangerous? Well, if you look at it, stingrays aren’t that aggressive to humans! They only sting humans when you stand on them! That’s good news to most of us!

Flat creatures that belong to the warm tropical waters. Stingrays. They are flat. Having a flat body is part of a stingray’s nature. Its flat body helps it to burrow under the sand to hide from predators. This is part of their self defence. Their long tail is part of their self defence too! The venomous sting of the stingray is flexible so that it can swing and pierce through any animal very quickly and swiftly.

What makes a stingray so flexible? Do they have bones or is it their adaptation to the water? No stingrays do not have bones, replacing the bones is cartilage that runs through the whole body from the tip of their tail to the top of their wide and flat body. This is similar to the shark which is the ‘cousin’ of stingrays.  

Many are mistaken by the eyes of the stingray. Top or bottom? Their nostrils, which are located at the bottom of the stingray’s body are always mistaken for their eyes. The eyes of a stingray are at the top but they do not use it quite often, even when they are hunting for prey. Instead, they use their sense of smell to locate their prey. This is where their nostrils come in.

Are stingrays mammals? They are most likely to be marine mammals because they give birth to fully developed stingrays. If stingrays weren’t mammals then what would they be classified as since they absolutely do not lay eggs.

Stingrays are amazing and interesting creatures with many features that are mind blowing.



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