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.
Stingrays are ovoviviparous, bearing live young in litters of 5 to 13. The female holds the embryos in the womb without a placenta. Instead, the embryos absorb nutrients from a yolk sac, and after the sac is depleted, the mother provides uterine milk.