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Rhinoptera bonasus
A cownose ray is typically brown-backed with a whitish or yellowish belly. Although its coloration is not particularly distinctive, its shape is easily recognizable. It has a broad head with wide-set eyes, and a pair of distinctive lobes on its subrostral fin. It also has a set of dental plates designed for crushing clams and oyster shells. There are a series of canine teeth that are hidden behind the dental plates. When threatened the cownose ray can use the barb at the base of its tail to defend itself from the threat. A cownose ray has a stinger, called a spine, on its tail, close to the ray's body. This spine has teeth lining its lateral edges, and is coated with a weak venom that causes symptoms similar to that of a bee sting.
Touch tank at the world wildlife zoo and aquarium
I got to feed them a couple small pieces of shrimp...it was very cool
Yes they were very cool...my bf took me to the zoo for my birthday and feeding the stingrays was my favorite part
Spotted on Jul 19, 2012
Submitted on Jul 21, 2012
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