We"re not sure whether it deserves the blue ribbon for most colorful stingray or most literal name, but there"s no doubt the bluespotted ribbontail ray is a standout. Shower it in accolades from a distance, though. Those bright blue polka dots are—as is the case with many brightly colored animals—a warning to predators that the ray"s stinging tail packs a potent poison.
Bluespotted ribbontail ray
Today in History
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World Chocolate Day
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Enter the magical world of Livraria Lello
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Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
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Keep watching the skies
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Exploring the Pearl of the Atlantic
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Happy Valentines Day!
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Flag Day
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What does the fox dream?
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103
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World Teachers Day
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International Sloth Day
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‘You should see the one that got away!’
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Think deep thoughts
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Deep in the North Woods wetlands
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World Otter Day
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Dreaming of the Tyrrhenian Sea
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A silent witness to history
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Talk like a pirate—or walk the plank
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia
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Steyr River, Austria
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Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
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World Reef Awareness Day
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It s aboat time for the Barcolana
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‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
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Celebrating the UN’s International Day of Families
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Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
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The Door County Coastal Byway in Wisconsin
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