Beguiling Blue Plush Stingray Ready for Your Summer Vacation!

This cuddly blue stuffed stingray is available at

Tapir and Friends and Animal Store

Our beautiful  blue stuffed stingray may be just the toy to take on your summer vacation or play with around the house imagining a trip to the ocean. Its mottled blue color not only is attractive, but also reminds you of the light playing through the water on the back of a real stingray. This cuddly toy would like to become your new best friend!

Our stingray measures 23 inches long from nose to tail, and is19 inches wide across the wings. Come see our enhanting blue plush stingray!

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Plastic Black Stingray

This fabulous replica will add a touch of realism to any aquatic diorama!

Our Plastic Stingray

Plasic Stingray: This stingray is made of tough, flexible plastic. The size is measured from nose to tail. Use for sea-life dioramas, school projects, toys, novelties, animal collections, party favors and more. Be sure to look over our other ray toys and gifts.

About Stingrays

The stingray is in the (Dasyatidae) family which include cartilaginous marine fish like skates and sharks. The stingray swims with a flying motion using its strong pectoral wings for propulsion. Most of the time it lies on the bottom covered with sand and feeds on small crustaceans using an acute sense of smell and electro-receptors. It is a docile creature but derives its ominous name from a razor-sharp barb which protrudes from its spine. The sting causes miserable pain and can be fatal if left untreated. Since stingrays are often found in shallow water, they can be easily stepped on by divers, swimmers and snorkelers. The barb usually breaks off but will regenerate in the animal. There are many different species of stingrays varying in size from palm-sized to a body of six feet in diameter. There are also some freshwater varieties found in South America.

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Plastic Skate or Stingray

One of the many wonders of the deep blue sea!

Our Plastic Skate or Stingray

Our plastic stingray measure 6 inches from the tip of its nose to the tip of it's tail and is about 3 1/2 inches wide. It is gray plastic with dark gray hints on top and a yellow underside showing the mouth and gills. On the top side, you can see its two eyes painted with white and black. This stingray or skate would be a wonderful addition to a school project, aquatic diorama, or just to have as a toy or collectable. Check out our other skate and stringray toys and gifts.

About Skates and Stingrays

The stingray is part of the Dasyatidae family. They are cartilaginous fishes related to sharks. They are common in coastal tropical and subtropical marine waters throughout the world. Stingrays get their name from the barbed stinger on their tail which is used for self-defense. Their stinger can reach a length of 35 cm and has two grooves with venom glands on the underside. The flat body of the stingray allows them to camoflauge themselves in their environment by hiding beneath the sand. Stingrays use their sense of smell to locate their prey. They feed on molluscs, crustaceans and small fish. Stingrays are born into litters of five to thirteen. Parts of the stingray are edible. Mainly the wings and cheeks of the stingray are used as food the rest of it is considered too rubbery. The skin of stingrays can be used to make exotic shoes, belts, wallets and anything else leather is typically used for.

People often ask how to tell the difference between a skate and a ray. Rays give birth to live young, while skates lay eggs. However, it is not usually possible to use this method when you are seeing one for a short period of time! Skates often have a more pronounced dorsal fin, but in truth, it is much easier to confuse them than to tell them apart, except for such unique-looking species ast the spotted eagle ray, the manta ray, and others you may become familiar with. Personally, I think this one is a skate, as skates often have a more pointed shape . . . but that's no guarantee! The manufacturer calls this one a "skatefish."

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Blue Spotted Stingray

Check out our Blue Spotted Stingray!

This stingray is made of soft, flexible, plastic. It measures 6 inches from nose to tail tip. Be sure to look over our other ray toys and gifts.

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Lifelike Small Plastic Skate or Stingray

We love filling our online store with lifelike plastic and stuffed animals for you to enjoy! Our newest is this plastic skate (or possibly stingray - they are hard to tell apart). It is 6 inches from snout to tail, and you can add it to your collection here. Come on over and visit! Recently, as toys for kids become less realistic and more cartoonish, we find that more and more of our customers are zoos, museums, interpretive centers, and parents and grandparents helping their kids get the right props for their school projects. Of course, realistic toy animals are great educational ideas in any year and at any age!

Tapir and Friends Animal Store - because we love realistic animals, and so do you!

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What A Cake!

Wow! Our thanks to Kathy for sending this photo of the WONDERFUL cake she made for Jamie, who likes fish! Kathy purchased some of the critters you see here from our online animal-themed gift shop. As you can see, we specialize in realistic animals. In this case, they needed to be plastic, but we also carry stuffed animals. Kathy gathered the materials for this amazing cake from various sources, and we are glad to be one of them. We recognize, among other things, a yellow-green moray eel, a sea turtle, a spotted eagle ray, and several fish. You can check them out on our fish page, and our aquatic animals page.

I love the blue fish on the top. It's not one of ours, so maybe we have to do some investigating to see if we can get them :)

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New stuffed stingray

Our new stuffed stingray is a beautiful gold color on top and is exceptionally soft to touch and cuddle. It measures 26 inches across and is 30 inches long from nose to tail.

Our Stuffed Jumbo Atlantic Stingray

This colorful, educational stuffed jumbo atlantic stingray is made of soft plush fabric. This replica has a detailed tan body with some distinct ridges. It is just over 26 inches wide and 30 inches long from head to the tip of its soft flexible tail. It promises not to sting! It serves well for a school project, for a stuffed animal collection, gag gift or as a decoration. This Atlantic stingray stuffed toy would also make a great, cuddly pet. Check out our other stingray toys and gifts.

About Atlantic Stingrays

The Atlantic Stingray (Dasyatis sabina) is a species of stingray found on the Atlantic coast of North America which is distinguished by a large snout. It can also be found cruising brackish waters in tidal estuaries where it feeds on small crustaceans, molusks and worms. It is a docile animal, but when stepped on, it can inflict a bad sting from thorns on its tail spine. Atlantic stingrays have no commercial value but are often come into nets as incidental catch of flounder fishermen.