Welcome to Stingray City | National Geographic

for over a hundred million years the
Stingray has roamed the oceans an almost
mythological animal extraordinarily
graceful and yet considered potentially
lethal though not aggressive the
Stingray is equipped with a few some
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 serious and painful wound it’s
most dangerous when lime 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’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 six 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 Rays
and meet these remarkable animals base
to fit