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Rays
Rays are cartilaginous fishes related to sharks with flat, disk-like bodies.
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What is the difference between male and female manta ray?
Male Mantas have a pair of penis-like organs - called claspers - developed along the inner part of their pelvic fins. Each clasper has a groove through which sperm is transferred to a female Manta's body, where fertilization takes place.
What kind of fish do stingrays eat?
Stingrays eat fish, sea worms, shrimp. and clams. They may eat soft shelled animals also. They eat plankton in the water also.
Not exactly. They have fins on the sides of their bodies that help them swim but no. They do not have flippers.
Manta rays are large, cartilaginous, salt water fish in the Elasmobranchii subclass which includes sharks and skates The manta ray is the largest of the rays. They can typically be found in and around coral reefs feeding on plankton and fish larvae. To learn more about manta rays, see the Related Links.
Manta rays bear live young. The single fertilized egg develops inside the mother. The gestation period is unknown. It appears that mantas do not breed until their winglike pectoral fins reach a length of 13-15 feet. There is no specific breeding season: males and females mate year round. The newborns are fairly large, weighing 20-30 pounds, have fins that span 4 feet, and can generally protect themselves from predators
No. Don't you remember hearing about Steve Irwin, the "Crocodile Hunter" being killed by a stingray?
How do stingray protect itself?
The sting-ray possesses a eight inch 'nail' on its whip-like tail (very sharp) which it can slash to deadly effect. Steve Irwin died harrassing a sting-ray. The nail went right through his heart.
How devil rays manta harmful for humans?
Manta rays are smiler to a whale shark. They only eat small animals and have small barbed teeth, which defiantly would hurt but they are not in the slight bit aggressive and only will attack when greatly disturbed. People have been known to ride them, and they are not poisonous. Steve Irwin died from being stabbed through the heart from a stingray.
What are the natural enemies of Eagle Rays?
The predators of the spotted eagle rays are sharks, especially the silver tip, hammerhead, and bull sharks. The eagle ray is a fish belonging to the Myliobatidae family.
How do silverfish sting people?
They don't sting you, unless you mean ear wig, ear wig sting alright, but, I hope they don't stick a WIG in your EAR! YUK!
Is a manta ray an invertebrate or a vertebrate?
Because it has a backbone. see the excellent answer under "IS A SHARK A VERTEBRATE OR INVERTEBRATE" for more info.
What do you call a newborn stingray?
Baby stingrays are called "sting rays" the reason why some other fish have separate names during there life cycle is because their morphology changes. eg baby salmon are called fry . since a Stingrays are ovoviviparous, bearing live young in "litters" of five to thirteen, The female holds the embryos in the womb without a placenta. Instead, the embryos absorb nutrients from yolk sac, and after the sac is depleted, the mother provides uterine "milk". when born ( as aposed to hatched), they look like there parents-- regular stingrays
A group or collection of stingrays is commonly referred to as a "fever" of stingrays
On January 20 2010, The Houston Zoo's Kipp Aquarium has seven tiny new additions to its growing family. (The Zoo) is proud to announce the birth of seven baby stingrays. Their mom and dad are checkerboard freshwater stingrays, a species from South America. Dad can be seen swimming in Kipp Aquarium, while mom and babies are staying in their cozy tanks in the Aquarium Quarantine until they are ready to go out and meet the public.
Check it out under the search : Stingray Babies Are Cute Too
A stingray is a type of fish related to the shark, so they do not have bones, they have cartilage which makes them very flexible. They are usually somewhat triangular in shape, and several species also have back legs.
if they are big and you dony have inmediately attention well yes
hardly!! just coz they're big doesnt mean they can hurt u! ur not allowd 2 touch them anyway. Plus they have no sting. I suppose they might get a bit freaked out if u harpoon them though...
Manta rays lack a functional sting, sharp teeth, or other appendages with which to inflict injury. They are large, and may reach up to 7m across and weigh 1.5 T. However they are extremely graceful and manoeuvrable in the water, and the likelihood of a collision is very rare. By interacting with the manta responsibly, the chance of injury is minimal. See my profile for a link to more info.
Yes, they have gills, live underwater, and fit all criteria for being a fish, but still, strangely in the same class as the shark.
Are stingrays becoming extinct?
There are five species of stingray that are currently listed with the status of "endangered" , according to the IUCN Red List. There are many other species listed from "data deficient" to "vulnerable". The "endangered" species are the * Ganges Stingray * Marbled Whipray * Mekong Freshwater Stingray * White-Edge Freshwater Stingray * Thorny Freshwater Stingray For more details, please see sites listed below.
Why does a stingray have fishes on their back?
Stingrays must have a stomach to digest their food, otherwise they would starve.
The stingrays protect themselves by using their pointy tails to stab people and animals then swim away. Their poison is similar to the rattlesnake's venom.
