This means they have skeletons made
of cartilage instead of bones. They also have jaws, paired fin, paired nostrils, and a heart with a series of chambers. Stingrays get their tails that they use for self-defense. Only a few members of the ray family don't have stingers. They are manta rays and, surprisingly, porcupine rays.
Stingrays live in tropical and subtropical water near the coast all over the world. Some can live in deeper parts of the ocean if it is warm enough. There are also stingrays that live in freshwater rivers like the Niger and stingrays that live in Nigeria and Cameroon. Because of their flat bodies, stingrays can agitate (move back and forth) the sand until they are covered by it to hide. With eyes that poke up above their body, they can peek up to see if the coast, quite literally, is clear. The only problem with eyes on the top of their bodies is that their mouth is on the bottom, so they cannot see what they are trying to eat! Stingrays have a strong olfactory perception, or
sense of smell, like sharks. They smell for their prey of mollusks, crustaceans, and small fish. Once they have a bite, it is back into the sand with only tail and eyes peeking out to make sure no predator is looking to in turn eat them!
This means they have skeletons made
of cartilage instead of bones. They also have jaws, paired fin, paired nostrils, and a heart with a series of chambers. Stingrays get their tails that they use for self-defense. Only a few members of the ray family don't have stingers. They are manta rays and, surprisingly, porcupine rays.
Stingrays live in tropical and subtropical water near the coast all over the world. Some can live in deeper parts of the ocean if it is warm enough. There are also stingrays that live in freshwater rivers like the Niger and stingrays that live in Nigeria and Cameroon. Because of their flat bodies, stingrays can agitate (move back and forth) the sand until they are covered by it to hide. With eyes that poke up above their body, they can peek up to see if the coast, quite literally, is clear. The only problem with eyes on the top of their bodies is that their mouth is on the bottom, so they cannot see what they are trying to eat! Stingrays have a strong olfactory perception, or
sense of smell, like sharks. They smell for their prey of mollusks, crustaceans, and small fish. Once they have a bite, it is back into the sand with only tail and eyes peeking out to make sure no predator is looking to in turn eat them!
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