Photo from Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo now we are going to circle back and answer the question as to why you don’t get stung when petting a Stingray at SeaWorld?\u00a0 As you may know the Stingray’s tail is usually equipped with a barb that can be serrated, sharp and often contain venom.\u00a0 This doesn’t sound like the type of animal you would want to be petting does it?\u00a0 Luckily, Stingray’s are fairly docile and will only use the stinger if they need to defend themselves from predators such as sharks.\u00a0 Most stings actually come from someone accidentally stepping on them while walking in the water.\u00a0 For the most part they are not deadly and hardly anyone has died from a Stingray (I will get to the most famous Stingray death in a second).\u00a0 If the wild Stingray’s are not aggressive then you could just imagine how relaxed a SeaWorld Stingray is since they are living on a full belly of food everyday and are use to human encounters.\u00a0 Of course zoos and other establishments don’t want to take the risk of a lawsuit or one of the faithful, paying customers getting hurt so they will either trim the barb or remove it completely.\u00a0 This is why you can pet a Stingray without the fear of being stung.\u00a0 So the most famous Stingray death has to be Steve Irwin (man I miss that guy) who was killed by a Bull Stingray out in the wild.\u00a0 It was a defense reaction from the Stingray who became frightened of the cameraman in front of him.\u00a0 Normally the sting wouldn’t kill you but unfortunately Steve Irwin was hit in the heart with a 10″ stinger.\u00a0 If you jab your heart with anything that is 10″ long and you are probably not going to live.\u00a0 It was just an unfortunate one in a million type of accident.<\/p>\n
Well that was a long winded post but why not start the week off with some fascinating Stingray information.\u00a0 Now get outside and enjoy this beautiful October day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I hope everyone enjoyed the first weekend of October and is feeling rejuvenated for the new week and new possibilities that lie ahead.\u00a0 One of our readers, Agapelife, has just come back from a trip to SeaWorld where she saw numerous sea animals.\u00a0 Among those animals were the amazing Stingray which were being petted by the many visitors.\u00a0 Today we are going to learn a bit more about the Stingray as well as answer the million dollar question.\u00a0 How come you don’t get stung when you pet a Stingray? Stingrays are usually found in the shallow coastal areas of the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64,4024],"tags":[348,4025,1223,1222,1225,1224,1221,1226],"yoast_head":"\n
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