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Short-tail stingray gallery

Off the coast of New Zealand, these giant stingrays can provide a tasty meal for an orca. Photo © Danel Wentzel
The species name, brevicaudata, comes from the Latin ‘brevis’, meaning short, and ‘cauda’, meaning tail. It’s easy to see where the common name came from! Photo © Danel Wentzel
Short-tail stingrays are typically a slow-moving species, but if threatened they can move their pectoral fins so quickly that it creates a shockwave! This behaviour is known as cavitation. Photo © Danel Wentzel

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