Southern stingray
The southern stingray is a flat, diamond-shaped fish that lives on the sea bed in warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. It hides under sand and mud and is famous for the venomous spine on its tail. Divers and snorkellers often meet it in the Caribbean.1

Indlela yokusibona
- A flat, diamond-shaped body that is more angular than other rays1
- Top of the body is olive brown or green in adults and dark grey in juveniles1
- Underside is white1
- A slender tail with a long, serrated, venomous spine at the base1
- Eyes sit on top of the head, with small breathing openings called spiracles behind them1
Amandla obuthi
Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.
Ubuthi baso benzani?
The barb on the tail is covered in venomous mucus. The spines are not fatal to humans, but stepping on one causes intense pain.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatshwa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.The spines are not fatal to humans, but they are incredibly painful if stepped on. They are used to defend the stingray against predators, including humans.1
Senzani uma sesabile?
It buries itself in the sea bed to avoid predators and uses its venomous tail spines to drive them off.1
Uma sihlaba
- Faka inxeba emanzini ashisayo, ashisa ngendlela umuntu angakwazi ukuyibekezelela ngaphandle kokusha (yihlole ngesandla sakho), imizuzu engama-30 kuya kwengama-90. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha, ikakhulukazi kuma-stonefish nama-stingray.
Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala
Hlala uphephile
- Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
- Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Uma sikuhlaba: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.
Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile
Kuphi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-3 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileni
side njengobhanana abangu-8 abalandelanayo
singabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-8.2Southern stingray mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?
Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Sishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso
In shallow waters, birds follow the stingrays as they dig, eating the fish that the stingrays uncover.1
Its eyes and breathing openings sit on top of its head, so it can take in water while lying on the sea bed or buried in sand.1
It senses hidden prey through Ampullae of Lorenzini, which pick up the electric fields that prey give off.1
It is nocturnal, so most of its hunting happens at night.1
Female southern stingrays grow much larger than males.1
Okongoti bobuthi
- Igama lesayensi
- Hypanus americanus
- Iqembu
- Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
- Umndeni
- Dasyatidae2
- Ukuhleleka
- Myliobatiformes
- Amazwekazi
- ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, Ichweba laseMexico, Ulwandle iCaribbean, Izilwandlekazi
- Izinsana
- It gives live birth after a pregnancy lasting about seven to eight months. In captivity, a litter of two to ten young has been recorded.1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Southern stingray (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Hypanus americanus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
- Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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