What is it like to be stung by a stingray?

Their bodies are flat and disk-like, and feature a long, whip-like tail that can grow 2.5 times their length. Stingrays are normally gentile, but when attacked the animal retaliates by lashing its tail at the offender, and the sting can be extremely painful. Stingrays are harmless, unless you accidently step on them. read more

The sting is a result of a nero-toxin membrane that coats the barb on the sting rays tail. It's not necessarily the wound that hurts, but more the poison that enters into your blood stream. Basically approach it like this: 1. read more

A stingray sting is a very clean/sharp cut, like a knife cut, and the pain is very sharp. If it happened in the water, you can be sure it wasn't a bee. read more

Southern California playing with the kids on the beach when I stepped directly on a Stingray. I happend to have the the Gopro rolling and caught it all on video. Yes it hurt. read more