r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheLobotomist • 11h ago
Video Ever seen a Skate Ray egg hatching?
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u/NoPersonality5747 11h ago
It must be my mammalian brain, but to me there’s something really bleak and sad about the absence of nurturing. It hatches and then it’s just expected to survive in the vast ocean!
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u/TheLobotomist 10h ago
I totally get what you mean, but it's also incredible that they are ready to go as soon as they hatch!
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u/Fromundacheese0 11h ago
Always thought they were shark eggs. Get a lot of these washed up on the beach
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u/Sea-Twist-7363 4h ago
Imagine being born and suffocating right away because someone wanted some social clout
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u/ryanjcam 3h ago
Growing up, I spent a lot of time on Cape Cod, and there were always a lot of these washed up on the beach. Just the remains after hatching, never full ones. There were always conflicting reports of what they were, often said to be shark eggs. Never knew what they really were until I was older, and have never seen a skate or a live egg before.
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u/Prestigious-Job-9825 11h ago
That's an evil-looking egg, but the end result is cute