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Don't mess with stingrays! #14006824 05/22/21 08:05 PM
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Re: Don't mess with stingrays! [Re: skeeter22] #14006843 05/22/21 08:24 PM
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Better in the leg than the chest like Steve Irwin. That dang hole in the leg bled really heavily.

Re: Don't mess with stingrays! [Re: skeeter22] #14007523 05/23/21 02:34 PM
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Not going to mess with a Sting Ray. Cut it off outside the boat. Hate to hook one while wade fishing.

If you get hit by one put the warmest water you can stand on it.

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Re: Don't mess with stingrays! [Re: skeeter22] #14007546 05/23/21 02:50 PM
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I've been fortunate, kicked a bunch out of the way.
I've had a few friends that got harpooned, it's a nasty wound.
Bleach will stop the pain quick, it neutralizes the acid in the venom.


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Re: Don't mess with stingrays! [Re: skeeter22] #14007649 05/23/21 04:28 PM
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Ouch. That was a direct hit to a blood vessel. The good part is that bleeding that much helps remove the foreign material from the wound. Since I fish for records, I often weigh the stingrays. The first thing I do when I handle them is to correctly remove the barb to prevent similar situations. Getting barbed is very painful. I am glad your wound didn’t get infected.

Re: Don't mess with stingrays! [Re: skeeter22] #14008835 05/24/21 08:15 PM
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Re: Don't mess with stingrays! [Re: skeeter22] #14011923 05/27/21 08:44 AM
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That’s actually a Cownose ray in the video, but like a Stingray, they also have a venomous stinger as the fisherman in the OP found out.

https://oceana.org/marine-life/sharks-rays/cownose-ray

Re: Don't mess with stingrays! [Re: skeeter22] #14024623 06/08/21 02:49 PM
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I was struck in the heal while wade fishing. Went all the way through and back out. Luckily without breaking off. It bled for 2 weeks (milky pinkish color blood). Worst pain of my life; as the poison traveled up my leg, the pain followed intensely. But it can be remedied with heat. Hot water is what I used.

Have scars on both sides now. Proud owner of ray guard boots and shin guards now!

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