New Discovery: Watch How Stingrays Eat
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When it comes to eating, what do we have in common with the stingray?
Scientists are studying the ocellate river stingray. It lives in the Amazon River.
It eats insects, along with crustaceans and fish. (Okay, you probably don’t eat many insects.)
It draws prey up to its mouth by creating a suction with its disc-shaped body. (You probably don’t do this, either.)
But new footage reveals what we do have in common with this bottom-feeder.
The stingray chews its food. (Hopefully, you do too.)
Its upper and lower jaws move independently, allowing it to tear through insect shells.
Another species of stingray can even reposition its teeth to create bumps and valleys, kind of like our molars.
Now there’s some new info for you to chew on.
