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Tinga
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so im working at the aquarium in the stingray and lake sturgeon petting zoo and i'm going to be the guy that people ask questions and runs around telling little facts about the animals. now what i need form you guys is questions you may have about stingrays or lake sturgeon to see if i'm ready
Feb 12 2008 3:29PM
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08-Line_Rider
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well first dont die like that crocidile guy did.
Feb 12 2008 3:30PM
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duckets.
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what do stingrays eat?
how long do stingrays live?
how did steve irwin get killed? :( RIP, i miss you man
how long is a pregnancy?
how big do they grow?
Feb 12 2008 3:31PM
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Tinga
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well we all know steve irwin was asking for it. sting rays are peaceful animals and only sting in self defense. steve irwin took a sting to his heart. they shoot out spines about 2.5 inches long into their victim by flicking their tail upward. so steve must have been swimming right above one pestering it some how and the ray flicked his tail upward and steve was unlucky enough to take it right to his heart
Feb 12 2008 3:33PM
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Tinga
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sting rays eat little fish muscles and basically anything they cant catch on the bottom of the body of waters floor

sting rays live for about 15-20 years(had to look that up shit)

see above for how steve died

gestation period is about 3 months and the mother can have anywhere from 1-12 babies. and rays need to be about 4 years old before they are sexually mature.

there are many species of sting rays. the ones we have at the aquarium can grow about a foot wide with about a 2 foot long tail. but the montra ray can grow up to 6 feet wide with an even longer tail.
Feb 12 2008 3:38PM
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mackinnon
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do they taste good? haha
Feb 12 2008 3:44PM
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Tinga
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well the lake sturgeon are now endangered because of over fishing. large females can produce up to 30 lbs of caviar and the fish them selves taste more like veal than fish.

the sting rays often grow fairly big and are an important source of protein for amazonian people
Feb 12 2008 4:04PM
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Tinga
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no one wants to know anything else about sturgeon or sting rays
Feb 12 2008 5:47PM
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samwise
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you mean manta rays? haha
are sturgeon a freshwater fish or saltwater?
how has the caviar business affected their population in recent years?
Feb 12 2008 5:54PM
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skiP.E.I.
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wait.....there's a stingray PETTING zoo?
Feb 12 2008 5:58PM
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AntifreezeSteeze
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lake sturgeon are known to jump out of the water during mating season therefore making it dangerous for water sports, do you know the actual injuries and fatalities caused annually by these ever so harmless fish?
Feb 12 2008 6:02PM
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skiP.E.I.
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LAKE sturgeon.......there aren't too many salt water lakes.
He already answered the caviar question when he said they were endangered, and it probably is pretty obvious to most that taking eggs from something is goign to make it's population go down.

so I think those questions would be pretty reduntant, but you never know
Feb 12 2008 6:04PM
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samwise
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yeah i was thinking more along the lines of what someone at the acquarium might ask him....
and i did miss the lake part sry
Feb 12 2008 6:09PM
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iFlip
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I know pretty much everything about stingrays and sturgeon, so I don't have any questions. Some of the basic questions you should be prepared to answer/information you should be ready to disperse include:

Sturgeon are prehistoric fish. Know about their ancestry. Population decline due to lucrative caviar market. Caviar collection without hurting the fish. Sport fishing as a means of protecting the population, due to increased revenue surrounding the fish.

Stingrays - how they are dangerous, the different kinds, how big they get, how many (read few) people are killed by them, the danger (or lack thereof) that they pose to swimmers, snorkelers, and most importantly people who wade in the ocean.

Additionally, you might want to research the fairly popular sport of spearfishing for stingrays. Apparently the meat can be very good.
Feb 12 2008 6:22PM
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Tinga
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yes manta thank you. there are many types of sting rays. some of them are freshwater some are salt water and some can do small amounts of both.

but they dont harvest caviar from sting rays.
Feb 12 2008 6:38PM
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Tinga
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well the sturgeon like to spawn in fast moving shallow widespread rivers. so someone would have to be pretty stupid to be doing water sports here. and thanks iflip i'll look into it.
Feb 12 2008 6:41PM
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Jwalk
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k i heard this fact about sturgeon wonderin if its bull or true if you sliced off the sides of a sturgeon would it die cause arent there organs in the middle
Feb 12 2008 6:44PM
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Tinga
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what?
Feb 12 2008 11:51PM
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