1 It costs more than 1 cent to make a penny â Snopes. 2  It is illegal to melt US coins to sell for scrap metal â US Mint. 3  Composition of the US Penny â US Mint. 4  US Penny â Wikipedia.
Quick Answer. Scallops are not made from stingrays. A stingray is an ancient type of fish with a cartilage skeleton. A scallop is a type of marine mollusk.
Ancient Greek dentists used stingray's venom as anesthetic. People that live in the areas where stingrays can be found use their spines to make a weapon (daggers). Venom remains deadly even if it is extracted from a dead stingray. Their eyes are located on the top of the head, but they don't use eyes to find prey.