Stingrays
Have you ever wondered what are stingrays? How do they reproduce baby stingrays? What are stingray’s special features?
What are Stingrays? Stingrays are cartilaginous animals that are related to sharks and other animals. They enjoy spending their time on the ocean floor, muddy bottoms, rocky coral reefs etc. Stingrays are commonly found in shallow waters or in warm water, tropical ocean waters, sub coastal ocean waters and some species live in freshwater rivers.
Stingrays are in groups of rays including eight families of the sixgill ray, deep water ray, stingarees, round rays, whiptail rays, river stingrays, butterfly rays and lastly, eagle rays. Did you also know that there are around seventy species of stingrays in the whole wide world?
In the wild, a stingray can live on average to be 15 to 25 years old. Amazing right? What’s also amazing is that some species of stingray that are found in the deep blue ocean, can grow as long as fourteen feet including the tail?
What do Stingrays eat? Stingrays are carnivorous animals that like to eat oysters, clams, snails, mollusks, crabs etc. But they also have predators such as sharks, large fish, seals and sea lions. Why do Stingrays sting people? They may sting people but they do not do it aggressively they only sting people when people step on them or when they feel threatened.
Stingrays are wonderful creatures who have amazing features and are misjudged a lot! If you think we can save these creatures comment on my blog below!
By Tino.S
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