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| Slippery Stingrays |
| Freshwater stingrays make cool pets! They spend their days on the bottom of the tank, rooting around in the gravel looking for food. They like to eat ghost shrimp, krill, worms and snails. Rays get along with fish that are bigger than they can eat. Rays like a big tank - usually 100 gallons or more. Most pet rays get to be 2 feet long! |
| Try This! Create A 3D Stingray! |
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Stingrays are very unique fish. Unlike most fish,
their bodies are flat, with their eyes on top and
their mouth on the bottom. They also do not have
bones, they have cartilage like your nose!
They swim using their "wings" and glide acorss
the ocean. Rays will settle on the bottom and use
their wings to fling sand on top of themselves to
hide. When startled, they will pop out of the sand
and flee!
their bodies are flat, with their eyes on top and
their mouth on the bottom. They also do not have
bones, they have cartilage like your nose!
They swim using their "wings" and glide acorss
the ocean. Rays will settle on the bottom and use
their wings to fling sand on top of themselves to
hide. When startled, they will pop out of the sand
and flee!
| Can you see me now? |
| What you will need: Paper Plates Stapler Paint/Brushes Tissue Paper |
1. Lay plates lip to lip.
2. Staple in four opposite
places.
3. Fill between plates with
crumpled tissue paper.
4. Cut the third plate into a
long tail and staple it to the
plates. Staple all around the
edges to seal the plates!
5. Paint your very own
stingray!
2. Staple in four opposite
places.
3. Fill between plates with
crumpled tissue paper.
4. Cut the third plate into a
long tail and staple it to the
plates. Staple all around the
edges to seal the plates!
5. Paint your very own
stingray!
Stingrays get their name from a barb on their tail. You
might think the barb is at the end of their tail... but it is
actually on top of the tail where it meets the body. The
barbs are serrated so, when they go into the predator, they
will get stuck. The barbs will break off and the ray can
swim away. But don't worry - the barb is just like a
fingernail, they grow back after a while.
might think the barb is at the end of their tail... but it is
actually on top of the tail where it meets the body. The
barbs are serrated so, when they go into the predator, they
will get stuck. The barbs will break off and the ray can
swim away. But don't worry - the barb is just like a
fingernail, they grow back after a while.
There are many types of rays, manta rays,
eagle rays, bull-nosed rays, and many more.
They will sometimes get a bad rap for
stabbing people with their barbs. But, the
barbs are just used to protect themselves
from predators. If they hurt a person - it is on
accident and doesn't happen very often.
eagle rays, bull-nosed rays, and many more.
They will sometimes get a bad rap for
stabbing people with their barbs. But, the
barbs are just used to protect themselves
from predators. If they hurt a person - it is on
accident and doesn't happen very often.
Stingrays are cartilaginous fish which means
they have cartilage rather than bones. They
are cousins of sharks and skates.
If the ray is a male, underneath he will
have 2 "claspers" that look like little round
fins. Females have live young, sometimes
as many as 15 baby rays at once!
they have cartilage rather than bones. They
are cousins of sharks and skates.
If the ray is a male, underneath he will
have 2 "claspers" that look like little round
fins. Females have live young, sometimes
as many as 15 baby rays at once!
