A 68-year-old woman was snorkeling on the southern Yorke Peninsula in Australia when a stingray struck her, piercing her arm with a 6-inch barb in a harrowing attack.

they’ll whip that tail around and use that barb to defend themselves. CLAIRE: THERE IS SOMETHING PROACTIVE YOU CAN DO WHEN GOING INTO THE WATER, IT’S CALLED THE STINGRAY SHUFFLE.

The spectacular backdrop of this stunning YouTube clip does not detract from the epic battle for survival taking place ...

A stingray’s tail is long, thin, and tapered, much like a whip. In the middle of the tail are one or more barbed spines covered by a sheath. Each spine contains venom, and the stingray’s tail ...

The roughtail “is the largest of the whip-tail stingrays, ... “Stingray barbs are not an uncommon find in stranded dolphins, ...

Scientists Finally Make Heads of Giant Stingray Tails. ... Yet these behemoths’ most puzzling feature is a whip-like tail that can measure ... muscular tails that they use to flex venomous barbs.

The tail of a manta ray does not contain a barb, which effectively makes them harmless to humans. Meanwhile, most stingray species possess one serrated venomous spine at the base of their tail.

The roughtail “is the largest of the whip-tail stingrays, ... “Stingray barbs are not an uncommon find in stranded dolphins, ...

Dr. Benjamin Perlman, a researcher at California State University, Long Beach, is leading a team dedicated to understanding the behaviors and defensive strategies of rays.

Each ray has a sharp barb on the base of its tail that can easily penetrate human skin and bone, much like a hunting arrow. This stinger can be as long as 15 inches and typically introduces toxins ...

Manta rays also lack the stingray’s signature tail stinger or barb and live in the open ocean rather than on the seafloor. 13. They Can Get Pretty Large . In 2009, ...