Giant stingrays often save shocking behavior for night

By Susan Scott

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 05, 2011

~~<p>It's enough to worry about stepping on one of the bazillion stingrays that inhabit the bays here in the Sea of Cortez, but I need to worry about getting electrocuted, too?</p>
<p>That's what I wondered after I took a picture of an unusual-looking ray and later discovered it's called the giant electric ray. Was this a fanciful common name or are these fish really packing?</p>
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It's enough to worry about stepping on one of the bazillion stingrays that inhabit the bays here in the Sea of Cortez, but I need to worry about getting electrocuted, too?

That's what I wondered after I took a picture of an unusual-looking ray and later discovered it's called the giant electric ray. Was this a fanciful common name or are these fish really packing? Login for more...