After her encounter with the silicone foot, Stingray 12 gets a 10-minute break before her other pectoral fin is stepped on. Perlman watches as she buries herself back in the sand.

So when you take shuffling steps, you’re less likely to step on the part of the stingray that will get you stung and turn your beach experience into a painful nightmare.

Although stingrays generally aren’t dangerous, they will sting when disturbed or stepped on accidentally. A stingray sting can be quite painful and may lead to severe symptoms. Find out first ...

You’ve stepped on a stingray. Stingrays tend to congregate near the shore, so it’s not uncommon to encounter one, said Armand Barilotti, an environmental scientist with the California ...

Jellyfish sting millions of people around the world every year. ... People usually get stung while accidentally stepping on a jellyfish on a beach or brushing up against one while swimming, ...

Shortly after 11 a.m. on July 31, a 24-year-old woman from Maryland stepped on a stingray and got a partial barb stuck in the bottom of her left foot, according to Deputy Chief Tamra Malphurs, ...

If you step on one, it won’t kill you, but you will get a painful sting. According to NOAA, the man o’ war can still sting even if it washed ashore weeks ago. Florida panther: Why are they rare?

Two different people stepped into the ocean Sunday and stepped right on top of a stingray. In the second case, a woman from Maryland had part of the stingray barb stuck in the bottom of her foot.