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Yellow stingray

Urobatis jamaicensis

Description:

Photo take a t -40 ft in a Caribbean reef, this one is cover whit sand.

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3 Comments

peter
peter 12 years ago

Wow Gerardo, so amazing!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks Juan

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

Hi Gerardo, aposematic animals typically have bright colors for warning predators they are not edible. I think this animal doesn´t fit on the mission Animals with Warning Colors, but in Mimetic Animals, because is mimetizing with the sand of the sea.

Gerardo Aizpuru
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Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Jan 7, 2012
Submitted on Jan 7, 2012

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