Scientists Document a Rare Golden Ray in Costa Rica’s Northern Pacific

A small ray the color of a gold coin turned up in shallow water off Guanacaste, and researchers say nothing like it has ever been recorded in its family. The animal was a juvenile female blotched round ray, a common bottom-dwelling species along Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. Rays of this kind are normally sandy brown […] The post Scientists Document a Rare Golden Ray in Costa Rica’s Northern Pacific appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

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