Stingrays Info Report

Stingrays

Stingrays live from 15 to 25 years and can be found in tropical and temperate seas worldwide. There is lots of information about stingrays like looks, diet, attack and miscellaneous.

Looks

Stingrays are flat so they can hide under the sand easily. Stingrays are large, flat, grey fish with round "wings" on each side. These wings don't let the stingray fly, but glide through the water. Stingrays mouths are underneath their bodies with their stomach and gills. Their eyes are on the sides of their heads and their spine runs down through their back into their tail.

Diet

Stingrays main diet is small fish, but they also eat a lot of molluscs and crustaceans like oysters, Pipi, cockles and mussels. Stingrays usually hide in the sand and catch the enemy by surprise, but only for fish!

Attacks

The way a stingray kills its enemy is by paralysing them with the sting in their tail. They also whip with their tail because of its amazing strength against other creatures. Even though stingrays may seem dangerous they won't actually attack a human without being provoked.

Miscellaneous

Other facts include stingray is often served grilled in Singapore and Malaysia. In some countries stingray is known as whipray because before World war 2, people cut off stingrays tail and used it to whip slaves, but it was later banned.

 

Conclusion

Stingrays live in tropical and temperate seas all over the world and have a lifespan of 15 to 25 years.

 

By Hunter