<br /> <p>Staff at Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida, welcomed the zoo’s first stingray pups on Tuesday, May 15.</p><p>According to zoo officials, their southern stingray Belle gave birth to two stingrays, Dallas and Clementine, each weighing just under a pound at birth.</p><p>Southern stingrays are native to shallow waters in the western Atlantic Ocean, according to the zoo.</a> Little is known about this species’ conservation status, but stingrays as a whole are threatened by overfishing, coastal development and climate change.</p><p>A clip of the stingray pups shared to the zoo’s Facebook page had earned over 6,800 views at the time of writing. Credit: Brevard Zoo via Storyful</p><br />
