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Anyone know of a stingray or similar to stingray, that does not sting?
While at a Florida beach during spring break, we were surrounded by a type of ray. Caramel colored, 2-3 ft diameter, they were all over the place - mostly 3-25 feet from shore. They would dart and scatter a bit if we went toward them, but them return. A "local" called them a ray and said their tails don't have stingers. Now, back at home there are some guys who don't believe there is such a thing and think we were in "danger" of being stung. A little help here?
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- gimmenamenowLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I don't believe skates have stingers, but either way... I grew up wading in my local brackish-water estuary system (still do whenever I get the chance) and have had days where the stingrays (yes, actual stingrays with the stingers) were out in numbers and I guess just curious as to why I was out there that when I stood still, they would come up and glide over my feet, brush against my legs like cats, and generally just hang out. A stingray's stinger is a defense against predators... they don't go out of their way to jab people, and usually when someone is stung, it's foot or ankle right after stepping on the ray itself. When a ray does sting, it's likely to break off the end of it's stinger, and what good is it to go out of your way to ruin your only defense when it could be used on a shark that wants to eat you?
- Cal KingLv 71 decade ago
National Geographic reported catching a giant stingless ray in Thailand, and more recently they also reported two new stingless ray species found in the Amazon. Both finds are freshwater species. The rays you encountered probably had stings but it is a defensive weapon. As long as you don't threaten them, they would most likely not sting you.
- 1 decade ago
Might have been small Manna Rays, but I have only heard of them in the Pacific.
Source(s): Seen in the Pacific and the do not sting.
