WATERY WEDNESDAY # 45
Today we’re taking the E & E sub to the Mediterranean Sea to find a creature who hides in the sand of the ocean floor and has a charge! Are you ready? We’ve got plenty of room in the sub!
MEET THE MARBLED ELECTRIC RAY!
Range/Habitat: Eastern Atlantic-Mediterranean Ocean
Diet: Carnivore: fish
Length/Weight: up to 23 ½”/ 22- 29 lbs
Conservation Status: common
Fun Facts:
- Marbled electric rays are brownish gray in color. Their coloration helps them camouflage in their habitat.
- They rest in sand on the ocean floor.
- Their skeletons are made of cartilage (the same tissue that makes up your ears and nose).
- Marbled electric rays use an electrical charge to kill their prey.
- Marbled electric rays can be harmful to humans.
- They are diurnal (active during the day).
Wow, these rays actually use their own electrical charges to catch prey! Isn’t that cool? We just want to know where they plug themselves into to charge up at the bottom of the ocean J!
The Adventures of Ellie and Edmond 
Can a bird come with you on your watery adventures? Seems like a whole lotta fun!
Of course! The sub has plenty of places for a bird to perch :)!