Survival of the Stingray

Imagine yourself 150,000 years in the future. Another ice age is in full force.

Temperatures are much colder, vegetation has ceased to exist, along with several entire animal

species. The lion, once the king of the jungle, is no more than an alley cat scavenging for food.

The great white shark- reduced to the size of goldfish. A new predator is on the prowl. The

stingray, once limited to shallow, sandy beaches, has evolved! With it's new adaptations the power

of the stingray is unfurled, free to roam in the wide expanse of sea, air, and land.

Many advantages have evolved in the once conservative stingray. From the large size of

the present day animal, the stingray has been reduced in size and weight from an average of 12

feet, 60 pounds to 3 feet, 15 pounds to provide from speed, stealth, and agility. The broad flattened

pectoral fins have grown a protective hard scale resistant to the hardest of an enemy's teeth, along

with the secretion of a special enzyme that causes pain and damage along with a bitter taste to

avoid being eaten. It's powerful tail has been lengthened to provide offensive coverage in a 360

degree area. Along with the sharp, barbed spines and deadly poisonous glands, the stingray is now

an formidable opponent.

With the decrease in food supply, the stingray has adapted with his environment. Formerly

a sole marine animal, a stingray's diet has now included the usual fish and crustaceans to birds and

small rodents. To achieve this new source of food, the stingray now has the capability to move on

land