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, …showed first 75 words of 462 total…

…showed last 75 words of 462 total…a land surrounded by ice and water, a hard nose tooth, similar to a tusk, has grown to allow the stingray to break into crevices where urchins and such may be hiding. This also enables him to use the tooth as a weapon against invaders. In the harsh conditions of this new ice age, the stingray has evolved a number of advantages that should ensure their life span of their species well into the future.