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  • It was the perfect environment for large predators, such as sand sharks, tiger sharks, eagle rays and cownose rays.

    Fossils unearthed at Purse State Park 2010

  • The 80 animals on display include cownose rays, guitarfish, leopard whiptail rays, epaulette sharks, zebra sharks, and blacknose sharks.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • Sophia Dow, 6, of East Longmeadow said the cownose rays felt soft and smooth, not at all what she expected.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • Generally, the small-sized sharks are among the less active animals; the rays, especially the cownose variety, are more mobile and approachable.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • When shark numbers were high, they ate vast numbers of cownose rays and kept them in check, but when the sharks disappeared, rays became the "thugs of the ocean," consuming nearly all of the adult scallops.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • One visiting parent could not leave last week without offering advice on enjoying the touch tank: Bring along dry clothes, she said, because when cownose rays get frisky, they splash.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • Increased numbers of cownose rays are thought to have impacted the bay scallop so seriously that in 2004, North Carolina closed the previously healthy fishery.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • In 2008, 41 cownose rays died at one of the zoo's aquatic exhibits.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • Increased numbers of cownose rays are thought to have impacted the bay scallop so seriously that in 2004, North Carolina closed the previously healthy fishery.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • There is a tank filled with live cownose rays above center field.

    Bats 2009

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