Stingray City | National Geographic

for over a hundred million years the
Stingray has roamed the oceans on almost
mythological animal extraordinarily
graceful and yet considered potentially
lethal
though not aggressive the Stingray is
equipped with a fearsome means of
defense a venomous spine found near the
base of its powerful whip-like tail a
large ray can drive this spine into a
wooden boat or deliver an extremely
seriously painful wound its most
dangerous when line camouflaged in sand
it moves slowly foraging for
invertebrates hidden on the sea floor
because a stingrays eyes are on top of
its head and its mouth and nostrils
below it can actually see what it’s
eating it finds its food by smell touch
and by sensing the electrical field of
its prey the southern stingray is one of
some 90 species of stingray like a
prehistoric bird it’s huge fins can
reach up to 6 feet across
they’re usually shy and elusive animals
hard to get close to but the warm clear
waters of the Cayman Islands offer
something different on the north side of
Grand Cayman Island swarms of stingrays
live inside a protective barrier reef
where the water is calm and shallow
nicknamed Stingray City this is one of
the only places on earth where stingrays
are used to people
here divers can swim alongside the rails
and meet these remarkable animals face
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