AnimalsCoral Reef
Stingray Fun facts for kids
Hypanus americanus
The stingray lives in warm shallow seas near America and eats clams, crabs and worms from the sand.
- Where it lives
- in warm shallow seas near America
- What it eats
- clams, crabs and worms from the sand
- How big it is
- big ones as wide as a grown-up's open arms
Fun facts about the stingray
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
Baby stingrays are born rolled up like little burritos, and they can swim right away.
When it rests, it flicks sand over its back until only its eyes peek out.
It has two little breathing holes behind its eyes, so it can breathe even with its mouth buried in sand.
Its face can feel the tiny electric tingle of clams and shrimp hiding under the sand.
If its stinging spine breaks off, the stingray simply grows a brand new one.
At a place called Stingray City, lots of wild stingrays swim right up to people in water up to their waist.
Its teeth are flat like a pavement, perfect for cracking open clams and crabs.
At the beach, people shuffle their feet along the sand so stingrays feel them coming and swim away.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live in warm, shallow seas near America, and I look for food mostly at night.
When I rest, I flick sand over my back until only my eyes peek out.
Two little holes behind my eyes let me breathe even when my mouth is buried in sand.
My babies are born rolled up like little burritos, and they can swim right away.
I glide underwater on wide flat fins like wings, and my long thin tail has a stinging spine.
Sammy might be thinking of a stingray.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the stingray in the Coral Reef adventure.
Play the Coral ReefComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
