Sting Ray Traditional Cache
Mermaid man: This cache is now retired.
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My first cache, should be an easy find. You can park on the street near the park, then follow the track to the cache. I think just about anyone can access this one, there is a park and houses that might be watching you, so please be discrete. This is the first in a series of caches named for marine creatures.
This cache is a camo peanut butter jar with a log, a couple pencils and some small toys for the kids. Now about the namesake: Stingrays are commonly found in the shallow coastal waters of temperate seas. They spend the majority of their time inactive, partially buried in sand, often moving only with the sway of the tide. The stingray's coloration commonly reflects the seafloor's shading, camouflaging it from predatory sharks and larger rays. Their flattened bodies are composed of pectoral fins joined to their head and trunk with an infamous tail trailing behind. While the stingray's eyes peer out from its dorsal side, its mouth, nostrils, and gill slits are situated on its underbelly. Its eyes are therefore not thought by scientists to play a considerable role in hunting. Like its shark relatives, the stingray is outfitted with electrical sensors called ampullae of Lorenzini. Located around the stingray's mouth, these organs sense the natural electrical charges of potential prey. Many rays have jaw teeth to enable them to crush mollusks such as clams, oysters, and mussels.
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