Few facts about Stingray and why they are part of our logo
Like their cousin the shark, stingrays do not have bones, their skeletons are instead made of cartilage.
Stingrays are a group of rays, consisting of eight families including the sixgill stingray, deep water stingray, stingarees, round rays, whiptail stingrays, river stingrays, butterfly rays and eagle rays.
There are around 70 species of stingrays in the world.
Stingrays are commonly found in tropical and subtropical coastal ocean waters, a few species live in freshwater rivers.
Most varieties of stingrays have one or more barbed venomous stingers on their tail which are only used in self-defense.
Stingrays flat bodies allow them to dig in and hide from predators on the sandy ocean bottom.
The main predators of stingrays are sharks, other large fish, seals, and sea lions.
Stingrays eyes are on top of their bodies, yet their mouth, gills, and nostrils are on the underside. Because of this stingrays cannot see their prey, instead they use smell and elector-receptor's to find food.
Stingrays mainly feed on molluscs, crustaceans such as crabs, clams, oysters, sea snails and small fish.
To swim, some stingray species flap their fins like a bird and fly through the water, others move their entire bodies in a wavy motion propelling them forward.
In the wild, a stingray can live on average to be 15 to 25 years old.
Some species of stingray found in the deep ocean can grow as long as 14 ft including the tail.
The main reason for using the Stingray in the logo is to show that even through Stingrays have a venomous sting, they only use it when they are in Danger. They are peaceful, calm, agile, flexible and have a strong instinct to survive no matter the environment.
