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Originally Posted by Pointg5
They probably come in different sizes, the ones we swam with in the Grand Cayman were probably about 2-3 feet wide...They did say they had stingers, but made them sound harmless, if I would have known about this, I doubt I would have swam with them. They took us out to a sand bar and the Sting Rays came swarming in, there was probably over a 1000 of them, we fed them squid and I held one, some people were actually kissing them.
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Many different species with barbs all different sizes shapes, colors. The report Im getting now says he got hit underneath the rib cage, so that had to be a heck of a long barb to reach his heart, 8 inches by my reckoning. No way I swim with rays.
He must have put his shadow over the ray and it reacted as if he was a big shark. People wear ray protectors on their shins down here while wadefishing. I dont cause the hurt like hell to have on all day, and I spend a lot of time standing in my yak. These protective devices are basically souped up snake bite preventers. Go up your shins from the ankle. NOt comfortable.
GR. OUch. and shiver.