{"id":73,"date":"2019-03-12T23:10:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T23:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/n2-electricray\/"},"modified":"2020-12-08T21:12:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:12:29","slug":"n2-stingrays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/n2-stingrays\/","title":{"rendered":"Stingrays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Puget Sound
\nNeighbors<\/font><\/p>\n

Meet
\nthe Pacific Electric Ray<\/font><\/b><\/font>
\n

\n(Torpedo californica) <\/font><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

It may be shocking
\nto learn but Puget Sound is home to the Pacific electric ray. Though not very
\ncommon in the Sound, the largest Pacific electric rays, which incidentally are
\nthe females, can be almost five feet long. Each side of its head sports a kidney-shaped
\nelectric organ capable of producing a powerful electric current which can be
\nused to stun prey or deter predators. The organs are really specialized muscles
\nthat generate and store electric potential that can provide a strong electric
\nshock to any person or animal making contact with the fish at two points. Somehow
\nthe newborn Pacific electric rays, which are born living, avoid the shock! Unlike
\nskates, which swim by undulating their pectoral fins, electric rays swim by
\nmoving their tails. These rays swim swiftly enough to feed on fishes, especially
\nherrings and flatfishes. <\/font><\/p>\n

Drawing
\nfrom:

\nJ. L. Hart

\nPacific Fishes of Canada

\n

\nInformation from:

\nKaza Ansley

\nWest Sound Academy<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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