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Giving a 140 pound stingray a check-up requires 8 people

Laura Baisas

created: Dec. 24, 2025, 5:10 p.m. | updated: Jan. 3, 2026, 5:01 p.m.

For a 140-pound leopard whiptail ray (Himantura undulata) living at the New England Aquarium in Boston, it’s a whole other animal. Bringing such a large ray from its habitat into an exam pool takes at least eight people. During the ray’s check-up, the aquarists focus on collecting the fish from their exhibit and bringing it into the exam pool. The two leopard whiptail rays eat 2.5 pounds of food every day. Image: New England Aquarium.

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