Cownose+Ray

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The graceful under water birds the cownose rays.Can be from a brown to an olive green.weighing in at 50 pounds with the wing spand up to 3 feet.They have long tails that look like whips.Large kite like body, and they travel in schools that can be very large.They got thier names because they have big noses like cows.Have live birth to pups up to11 to 18 ins.Pups are born in mid-June.Cownose ray females only get one pup.But the females are usually repregnated within10 days.They can be located in thier natural habitat sothern new england,northern florida,gulf of mexico,and the sothern carribean.thier predators are sharks and human. thier pray is osters,crabs,shellfish,and clams.These creature can be located at shedd aquarium in the carribean reef section.