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Stingrays are commonly found in the shallow coastal waters of moderate seas. They spend most of their time inactive, partially buried in sand, often moving only with the sway of the tide. The stingray's color commonly reflects the seafloor's shading, camouflaging it from predators such as sharks. 

The stingray's eyes peer out from its dorsal side, its mouth, nostrils, and gill slits are situated on its underbelly. Its eyes are therefore not thought by scientists to play a considerable role in hunting. Like its shark relatives, the stingray is outfitted with electrical sensors. Located around the stingray's mouth, these organs sense the natural electrical charges of potential prey. Many rays have jaw teeth to enable them to crush mollusks such as clams, oysters, and mussels. Stingrays use to be less flat, but as time went on lying on the rocky floor developed them as a flatter species. Before C.E. stingrays were known as sharks, although now they are in there own group as stingrays.

          Some adult stingrays may be no larger than a human palm, while other species, like the short sting ray, may have a body of six feet in diameter and an overall length, including their tail, of fourteen feet. Stingrays range from shades of gray to being brightly colored, and can be plain or patterned. Stingrays are very dangerous and they even killed the famous crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin. They hide on the bottom of the sea and they camouflage with the rocky sea bottom. There tail is very sharp and it is what they use if their being attacked. The name sting ray comes from the sting rays tail, which is very dangerous. On the underside of the spine are two grooves containing venom. The entire spine is covered with a thin layer of skin called the "integumentary sheath", in which the venom is concentrated.

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingrays  2-12-09
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