{"id":12238,"date":"2013-01-08T14:23:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T19:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12238"},"modified":"2013-01-08T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T19:23:16","slug":"turtle-journal-discovers-stranded-electric-torpedo-ray-at-fisher-beach-in-truro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12238","title":{"rendered":"Turtle Journal Discovers Stranded Electric Torpedo Ray at Fisher Beach in Truro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-003-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12244\" title=\"Post Torpedo Ray Fisher 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-003-480-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>\u00c2\u00a0Rufus Guards Stranded Torpedo Ray in Truro<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With a southwest breeze blowing across the bay, Turtle Journal&#8217;s Sue Wieber Nourse and Rufus the Turtle Dog drove out to Truro on Outer Cape Cod to see what might have\u00c2\u00a0been\u00c2\u00a0pushed ashore\u00c2\u00a0with the morning&#8217;s 11.5-foot tide.\u00c2\u00a0 In the bright sunlight, they patrolled Duck Harbor in Wellfleet and Ryder in South Truro with great joy, but few discoveries.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12242\" title=\"Post Torpedo Ray Fisher 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-002-480-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Female (Electric) Torpedo Ray at Fisher Beach in Truro<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then,\u00c2\u00a0an eighth of a mile north of the landing at Fisher, they encountered a female\u00c2\u00a0electric Torpedo Ray that had washed ashore.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Turtle Journal has found torpedo rays stranded\u00c2\u00a0along the Cape&#8217;s bayside beaches in the fall as we search for cold-stunned sea turtles.\u00c2\u00a0 (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=1448\" target=\"_blank\">Shocking Discovery!\u00c2\u00a0 Torpedo Ray in Wellfleet Bay<\/a>.)\u00c2\u00a0 Torpedo rays have anterior organs that can generate and discharge 220 volts to stun a prey &#8230; and to\u00c2\u00a0keep\u00c2\u00a0predators like human researchers\u00c2\u00a0at a\u00c2\u00a0respectful distance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ltr-necropsy-2011-052-electric-power.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12260\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ltr-necropsy-2011-052-electric-power-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ltr-necropsy-2011-052-electric-power-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ltr-necropsy-2011-052-electric-power-480-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Section from Left Electrical Organ of Large Torpedo Ray<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The torpedo ray has two kidney-shaped electrical organs that make up 20% of its weight and are located on the pectoral fins. They generate a power equivalent to 220 volts that stuns prey with a burst of electric current. Its prey includes flounder, silver hake fish, small sharks such as dogfish, eels, worms and crustaceans. After stunning its prey, the torpedo ray guides food with its pectoral fins toward its protruding mouth for ingestion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12246\" title=\"Post Torpedo Ray Fisher 004 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-004-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-004-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Post-Torpedo-Ray-Fisher-004-480-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Rough Field Measurements of Torpedo Ray in Truro<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Without a full scientific kit on hand, Sue managed with the tools we wear on our feet for a rough field measurement of specimens.\u00c2\u00a0 This female measured approximately four feet long and three feet wide, and seemed in relatively good shape.\u00c2\u00a0 Turtle Journal informed the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary of the specimen&#8217;s location, so that a follow-up necropsy could document the specimen and possibly determine\u00c2\u00a0its cause of death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0Rufus Guards Stranded Torpedo Ray in Truro With a southwest breeze blowing across the bay, Turtle Journal&#8217;s Sue Wieber Nourse and Rufus the Turtle Dog drove out to Truro on Outer Cape Cod to see what might have\u00c2\u00a0been\u00c2\u00a0pushed ashore\u00c2\u00a0with the morning&#8217;s 11.5-foot tide.\u00c2\u00a0 In the bright sunlight, they patrolled Duck Harbor in Wellfleet and Ryder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[824],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12238"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12271,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238\/revisions\/12271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}