WATERY WEDNESDAY# 12
Today’s Watery Wednesday animal doesn’t come from the ocean, this fish lives in freshwater! That’s right you can find them in the waters of the Amazon River. Come meet this special fish…
MEET THE FRESHWATER STINGRAY!
Range/Habitat: South America/Amazon River
Diet: Carnivore: small fishes, invertebrates
Length/Weight: up to 3 ¼ ft/ 6 ½ lbs
Conservation Status: Common
Fun Facts:
- Freshwater stingrays are small rounded shaped stingrays.
- They only live in freshwater environments and not in the salty oceans.
- Freshwater stingrays have short tails with no fin on the top.
- They have few predators.
- Their brown coloration with dark spots that help them camouflage.
Who knew that there were stingrays that live in rivers? We didn’t know that! The planet has so many neat animals in all different kinds of habitats!
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