Reproduction
During late summer, the females lay their eggs. Each egg is within a leathery black eggcase known by the common name "mermaid's purse" (as are the eggcases of other rays, skates and sharks.) These "purses" often wash up on beaches after rough weather, although usually they wash up empty, the young ray having already hatched out.
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