In nature, surviving isn’t just about being fast or strong. Many animals have special ways to protect themselves that can ...

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I’d avoid them if I could…but I can’t see the damn things. If you have any interest at all in what you just saw and you’d ...

Pam Bennett, a 68-year-old volunteer marine researcher, was snorkelling about 50m off shore at Treasure Cove on South Australia’s southern Yorke Peninsula when she noticed a stingray underneath her.

A woman who has narrowly avoided death after being stung by a 16cm stingray barb says she feels ... Ms Bennett said the pain of the sting was “agony”, and “felt like a dog bite”, but ...

Lifeguards are also available to help treat stings or contact emergency services. Hilton Head Hospital’s emergency room treats hundreds of stingray injuries each year, sometimes multiple in a ...

Medical teams know snakes and sharks bite, bees sting and people pass out ... thing that’s exclusive to living at the beach is the stingray barbs," Dr. Lauren Kirk said of treating patients ...

The barbs deliver a painful venom comprised of proteins that can cause tissue death (necrosis) around the site of the injury. This article describes the causes and symptoms of stingray stings, ...

“My guess is it is a stingray ... on. Injuries typically occur in shallower water and if a barb is left behind in the wound there is a risk of a secondary infection. The pain from a sting ...

and the sting usually causes immense pain and risk of infection at the wound site. According to the National Capital Poison Control Center, there are about 1,500 to 2,000 stingray injuries ...