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The southern stingray is a species of whiptail stingray that inhabits the warmer waters of New Jersey south to Brazil. These rays are generally peaceful and docile creatures, but they can get the point across, if threatened. Due to overfishing and frequent disturbances from recreational activities, these creatures are listed […]

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This article was originally published on Critter Science.

With their odd looking, flattened body the stingray silently maneuvers through the shallow tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world; armed, in most cases, with a venomous stinger to defend against predators. Some even have multiple barbs. These mysterious critters belong to a group of fish called elasmobranchs. Being closely […]

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