Have you seen stingray?

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My husband and I went to Grand Cayman Islands last month. We pet the stingray and it was wonderful! The top skin is feeling like a suede texture and underneath is a very slick like leather.
 

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Hi, I am a native of the Cayman Islands :)
I used to dive with the stingrays there a lot. They are really wonderful creatures to swim with. I am glad that you got to experience that.
 
WOW! What a beautiful creature!!! I did pet them at Long Beach Aquariam. It was so neat!!! I wanna SWIM with them! That'll be so freakin' COOL!!!!

Someday I will be sure to swim with Sting Rays and Dolphins!!!
 
COOL Thats awesome! I would love to experience that especially with dolphin...:naughty:
 
I never see it. But I saw the pictures from my teacher and sister, Emily that they went on the Cruise in somewhere near by Mexico, they did hold them and pet them also. That's so awesome! Thanks for sharing :thumb:
 
I have seen the large ones at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. In the chesapeake bay, there are much smaller ones. During their mating season, you can see them come to the surface and turn on their sides (looks a little like a shark fin sticking up). They then smack down on the water. I've also stepped on them on occasion back in the day when I used to swim in the bay. Luckily, me or my friends never got hit with the tail...and I'm not even sure the ones in the chesapeake sting as I've stepped on plenty but never got stung.

Your post got my curiosity up so I started looking into it. It is the 'skate' (a form of ray) that I may have been stepping on. Both stingrays and skates are common in the chesapeake, but most forms of skates do not sting...
 
Taylor said:
I have seen the large ones at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. In the chesapeake bay, there are much smaller ones. During their mating season, you can see them come to the surface and turn on their sides (looks a little like a shark fin sticking up). They then smack down on the water. I've also stepped on them on occasion back in the day when I used to swim in the bay. Luckily, me or my friends never got hit with the tail...and I'm not even sure the ones in the chesapeake sting as I've stepped on plenty but never got stung.

Your post got my curiosity up so I started looking into it. It is the 'skate' (a form of ray) that I may have been stepping on. Both stingrays and skates are common in the chesapeake, but most forms of skates do not sting...
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Ooooo, you were lucky not to get stung. I remember a friend of mine stepped on one and he got stung in his leg. It was a Southern Stingray that he stepped on. He was such in an agony and had to go to the hospital. The Southern Stingrays that are found in the Stingray City in Grand Cayman are the friendly ones and they love people to death lol.
 
Sweetheart said:
I never see it. But I saw the pictures from my teacher and sister, Emily that they went on the Cruise in somewhere near by Mexico, they did hold them and pet them also. That's so awesome! Thanks for sharing :thumb:
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Hmmmm it may have been in Grand Cayman that your sister and teacher went to because it is not far from Mexico.
 
ButterflyGirl said:
Hmmmm it may have been in Grand Cayman that your sister and teacher went to because it is not far from Mexico.
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I bet that place where they went to. But it's awesome to seeing that ;)
 
I remmy when i was 10 years old, my parents used to have an 33 foot long boat etc, anyway, it was low tide etc so me and my two younger bros swam closer to the shore... once our feet touched the sand in water we walked and saw 1 long tail stingray, just swam past my legs.

It was pretty cool. heh
 
I saw one when I was snorkeling in Key West, Florida. It was awesome! Heh!
 
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