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Mar 10 at 4:00pmWeb
Show threadBigBluntPapaMar 10
Why won’t you fit in my mouth!
Show threadLemmyoutofhereMar 10
Nom nom nom.
Show threadXerxosMar 10
Aren’t they dangerous?
Show threadindorri [he/him]Mar 10
At the very least, the ones in Grand Cayman are really docile and friendly to humans.
Show threadDarkassassin07Mar 10
A pissed off stingray is what killed Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter.
Show threadmoodyMar 10
It literally stabbed him in the heart, which seems to me like an unlikely way to die to a stingray, but I’m no stingrayologist, so take that with a grain of salt.
Show threadreabsorbthelightMar 10
They hurt like a bad beesting. Lifeguards will put your foot into a bag of hot water (denatures the venom) and after a few minutes, you are fine
Show thread🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 Mar 10

Lifeguards will put your foot into a bag of hot water

What if I get stabbed somewhere else? Do they still just put my foot in a bag of hot water?

Show threadreabsorbthelightMar 10
Yes. You can put your dick in the hot water too if it gets stung
Show threadLemmyoutofhereMar 10
Yes, even if your spouse gets stung, they put your foot in hot water.
Show threadneukenindekeukenMar 10
I also choose this guy’s wife.
Show threadAkasazhMar 11
Show threadFundMECFSMar 11
Few minutes? Nah it’s a proper wound. It’s fine after a couple days in 99% of cases. But you’re underselling it.
Show threadyucanduMar 10
well maybe he shouldn’t have jammed his thumb up its butthole
Show threadFuglyDuckMar 11

I still haven’t forgiven the stingray.

I know that Steve would say it wasn’t the stingray’s fault, that he was the one intruding and it was just defending itself, as stingrays do.

But I’m not nearly as good a human as Steve.

Show threadAnarchistArtificerMar 11

And Steve probably wouldn’t blame you for that either. He’d just try to soften your heart by being his usual, earnestly enthusiastic self.

Damn, this thread (and replying to your comment in particular) just hit me with an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. I’m so glad that I got to grow up at the time when I did, because now I have the privilege of grieving for Steve Irwin. Steve will always be a part of my fond childhood memories.

Show threadFuglyDuckMar 11
So one thing, if you haven’t seen, his son Robert is more or less following in his footsteps. his photography is insanely good.
Portfolio - Wildlife Category | robert-irwin-photos

robert-irwin-photos
Show threadmarcosMar 10
The danger is not they biting you.
Show threaddeadbeef79000Mar 10
It’s not called a bite-ray.
Show threadNottaLottaOcelotMar 11

The main risk is that they can be very well camouflaged if they are sitting on the sea floor, so if you step on them by accident they may sting. Steve Irwin’s situation was a real oddity, as he was stung in the heart (he was swimming over top of the ray and it must have gotten spooked) - more commonly people are stung in the foot which is painful but not deadly.

Like most wildlife, they should be given space if you are unsure. But there are many tame ones that are fed regularly near tourist resorts, and they tend to swim up and tickle your legs when you stand in the water.

Show threadsaltnotsugarMar 10
All he needs is an underwater campfire.
Show threadDaddleDewMar 10
But make sure to check the sea fire risk index first
Show threadShinkanTrainMar 10
Careful with those, you could attract a sea bear. Make sure you draw a proper anti sea bear circle around you.
Show threadFosterMolassesMar 11
Not an oval! It has to be a circle!
Show threadFirst_ThunderMar 10
In Portuguese they’re literally called mantas aka blankets
Show threadDerpenheimMar 10

Oh my god

Manta ray

Its a blanket ray

Show threadFosterMolassesMar 11
Hahaha that’s so cute
Show threadcazssiewMar 11
That… never occurred to me before. Wow.
Show threadBazellMar 10
Nom, nom. .
Show threadHowAbt2dayMar 10
A stingstay
Show threadIllogicalbitMar 10
From this perspective it looks like they are trying to mimic a hermit crab
Show threadGrassMar 10
idk I see this and think of that kakopo video with the line “you’re being shagged by a rare parrot”
Show threadFosterMolassesMar 11
Sea cuddles 🥰
Show threaddrosophilaMar 11

Does anyone know what this Stingray is trying to do?

Is it accustomed to people feeding it and trying to get his attention?

Show threadTrainguyromMar 11
I had an employee at a touch tank at an aquarium explain to me that stingrays swim around in giant schools constantly touching each other so they really just like being pet and touched, and as we were chatting (it was a really slow day) I could see the stingrays dancing and getting antsy because they weren’t getting enough attention and the employee just kept petting them as they kept coming up and bouncing out of the water clearly going “Pet me! Pet me!”
Show threadDraconic NEOMar 14
They’re like puppies of the sea, just with stingers.
Show threadw3dd1eMar 11

I’ve been here. Not to the ocean floor but to Grand Cayman where the Stingrays are. They are so accustomed to tourists feeding them the all gather in one area where the boats go to see them .

For a period of time, boats were banned from this because predators figured out they could have a Stingray buffet.

Show threadDraconic NEOMar 14
Nom <3