Rays :D

     I'm here it's me Julian. I'm here not to get you bored, but to teach you about rays. Rays can be cool if you think they are. I think they are cool because they are flappy, if that is a word. Oh yeah, if you don't know what rays look like here is a picture of multiple rays.


Body and Tail (of a ray)
   Do you ever wonder what the shape of a ray is? Rays have a flat body and a long tail that can grow over 10 feet long. That is a long tail right there. They have large chest fins. I would never want to have chest fins because they sound weird, but it is normal for rays. They are connected to the rays body to form the rays discs. The disc is circular, oval, wedged-shaped or triangular. Some bodies of rays settle in the sea bed and some just love swimming.
           Can you see the body shape and the long tail?
What Do Rays Eat and How Do They Eat
     You wonder how do rays eat? All rays eat different things, but all of them only eat meat meaning they are carnivores. They eat fish, crustaceans, mullosks, and worms. They mostly hunt on the bottom of the ocean.
     They eat their food somewhat normal. First, they find their meal. Second, they remove their meal from the ocean floor. Finally, they they grab the meal and crush it with their teeth. Then they enjoy their good tasting meal.


Rays Defences: Ka-ra-te
   Rays defenses isn't the chopping wood that we do. They use their whip like tail to cut an animal, sting enemies with a poisonous stinging tail, or they puncture enemies with the hard bony spines. They rarely use their mouths to attack animals. In the human world there are many ways to hurt an animal. Another good defense is what the army does on land, but the rays do it in water. The rays camoflauge in the sea bed.
     This is what they use to sting enemies.

    If you get stung by a ray, hopefully you don't, you would have a fever, get the chills, have naseu, vomit, shake, you can' move, you have seizures, and have decreased blood preassure for as long as 48 hours. Once again don't get stung by a ray.
 

Other Interesting Facts About Rays.
Rays probaly are smarter than sharks because a rays brain weighs more than its rest of its body. Thats a big brain.


They are also very curious. If a diver jumps in rays will observe the intruder. INTRUDER ALERT! They live all over the world. The earliest known ray is the guitarfish. Just because it doesn't have the word ray it is still a ray. It was alive in dinosour time.
Compare and Contrast
  I'm going to compare and contrast a shark and a ray.
   Both have jaws or else they would be in my blog a little bit of  ago with the jawless fish. Both also have cartilage so they are put in the same fish group, cartilaginous fish. If you didn't know what cartilage it is that wiggly thing thing on the bottom of your ear.


They also both have tails, but they use for different things.
             

Can you see that they both have tails?
 
    Time for the differences. First difference is the ray from a shark is that the shark has its gills on the side and the rays have there gills on the bottom of their body. Cooooooooooool. Oh yeah the rays body is flat and the sharks is torpedo shaped. That is a big difference. For my last difference it is wait a moment. Here it is the use of tails. The rays use their long tails for defense and the sharks use it for manuvering. Look at the tail.
         

Difference  (between a ray and a skate)
You probably don't know what a skate is. If you think it is a skate that you skate with your wrong. A skate is this.
                       
I don't know why they called it that but they look nothing alike.
Okay lets start with the differences know. The first difference is rays babies come out alive like humans and skates lay eggs like birds. The second difference is that skates have small teeth kind've like baby teeth and rays teeth are plate like teeth for crushing their prey. Oh yeah and my last difference most rays are bigger than skates.

   My Favorite Ray
     Can you guess what my favorite ray is? I bet you can't. Well, if you guessed Blind Electric Ray you are correct. This ray is my favorite because I like electrical things and I wanted to know why it is blind.

           
    Do you remember my blog about the Levels of Classification. Well the Blind Electric Ray's name is Typhlonarke aysoni. Another name I can't pronounce. It has two nicknames blind legged torpedo or round electric ray.
     It lives in Eastern New Zealand. If you don't know where that is its in the east of New Zealand.



  It is a kind've of short ray. It is only 15 inches in length. It also has a short tail and one dorsal fin.
   
   It has a thin nearly circular chest fins disc with invisible eyes. I want to be invisible not just invisible eyes. That will be so cool.
    Its pelvic fins are divided in to two. Pelvic fins are the fins in the area. It is a weak swimmer and it pushes itself with the pelvic fins.
   It has two kidney shaped electrical organs beside the head so it can shock people for defense.


I hoped you learned something about rays and had a lot of fun. See you next time.