Stingray
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  • dass coo

  • Well if u r worried that a stingray is going to sting u it really dosent want to it might sting in selfdefense also when going in waters with stingrays shovel your feet and kick up the sand u never know if the ray will sting u on the foot wich is the most common way

  • It's cool to swim with them, but I would watch out.. After all it's an animal and even though it's "used to people" you never know what its instincts will tell it to do.

  • 1:50  I still wouldn't swim with them...... they really creep me out!

  • Awwww I love their tiny little face :3

  • @wcdragoninja idc i still hate them

  • i hate stingrays! a stingray killed my hero. :(

  • @jerricaher Your hero still wouldn't hate stingrays.

  • HAHA! SO FLAPPY!

  • i got stung by one today and it fricken sux!!!!!!!!!!

  • @jakehsorus1 You okay?

  • stingrays are soo cool

  • stingrays have smiley faces! :)

  • Lol how's he still alive when he touched the stingrays, don't get they scared? :P I mean, one of those tried to stab through a woman on a boat, why not wreck that guy underwater? o.o

  • @GuoAround They were used to people as said in the video, therefor the rays trust the people and does not attack, it's also said these animals are very intelligent so i doubt they will attack unless they feel threaten.

  • The two things between its mouth is not eyes but I can say it's they're nose.

  • 2:01

    Did the stingray just smile?

  • B2 Spirit Stealth Bomber!

  • The largest Saltwater singray: Smooth Stingray which can grow up to 4 meters!

    You stingray fans; check this hand feeding video out!

    /watch?v=pK7N2_rl16I

  • Sting Rays have funny faces! LMAO!! XD

  • how exacly did the stingray kill him?

  • stingrays were one of my favourite animals and now i want to disembowel one alive with my bare hands and feed its half dead corpes to attack dogs

  • There so cute by their mouths it looks like a tiny face :3

  • Can a stingray stick to u .... !??!

  • i love their little mouths!

  • I have swum with these wonderful creatures on numerous occasions, and none of them showed any signs of aggression, although I found they have a tendency to rub their bodies along you which can be scary :L

  • I've swam with stingrays, and feed them too ^^. (But I think I accidentally stepped on it while it was under the sand x_x- ) But they are so cute I love them :-)

  • stingray meat is DELICIOUS!!!!

  • Is it just me... or does the narrator kind of sound like nicolas cage?

  • ive been there its soooo fun ut scary at first

  • Can this kill u?

  • @jk8fame2 Yes, if you harass them that's how Steve Irwin died by being stabbed by a Blue spotted stingray spine plus their venom is lethal.

  • Stingrays are very unique creatures.

  • Id fuck that stingray

  • magnificent creatures

  • They make me hungry for pancakes.

  • @Flowen u aint got no pancake mix!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • man i wish i had 1

  • Some people are so terrified of creatures so much smaller than them. I've petted wild stringrays (probably a bad idea but still) and my brother swam along side a three ft.baracuda. He wasn't afraid. Because he knew that animal wouldn't attack him and he knew how much bigger he was than the fish. Not alot of people can see things like that and misjudge beautiful animals because of thier fearsome appearance.

  • These Creatures..Some people say They are Beautiful,Some People say thier Dangerous and mean. You know what They dont mean to hurt anyone or anything!!!

    They get scared If u were a small creature and you saw a tall shodow over u wouldent you be too? They are just defending thierself!!! Okay Sure Steve Irwin got stung bad in the chest. He does observe wildlife for a living but the point is he predicted that would happen. It was his job. If you ever see one, Please iqnore it and it wont bother u!

  • do they sting through the front or through the back cause i caught like four of those today and i didnt know how to grab it Lol

  • Even thought I love Steve Irwin but all stingrays shouldn't be blamed just because one stingray killed him.

  • You're right, stingrays are very gentle animals. They enjoy humans petting them on the surface and being fed from us. But just don't touch the tail, it scares them.

  • RIP Crocodile Hunter

  • One of these guys killed Steve Irwin, a man who normally knows what he's doing. They ARE dangerous.

  • @Kingofeurope actally stingrays are friendly animals and Steve Irwin was an amazing man and knew alot about animals. But he should have seen the danger, what the stingray did was entirly acting on instinct.

  • check out my stringray picture slide show..

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  • if you like stingrays check out my channel

  • Their shape are like pancakes.XD

  • @cutietermari i no eh?! :D

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  • sting rays are my favorite sea animal but they are killing inocent people like steve irwin

  • @chach238

    Steve Irwin had a passion for animals, but he knew all the risks he was taking.

  • They sting as an absolute last resort. Only if you accidentally step on them when they're buried under sand or really harass them. I snorkelled over a man sized one a few days ago and it was calm as a biscuits. So incredibly awesome and majestic. Had the experience of my life. I'm way more afraid of jelly fish than these guys.

  • One of those guys stung me yesterday, worst pain of your life.

  • sharks, rays, and skates are awesome!  Those stingrays at the very end looked super calm and friendly!

  • @mmmmmarcus It's because they are calm and friendly being used to human attention.

  • @mmmmmarcus stingrays are friendly, in capitivity. they act like dogs. they come right to you. and they feel leathery and slimy. i know because i pet like 30 of them in the mistik aquraum in connecticut. its really fun and hands-on there.

  • oooooohhhhhhh louco!!!!!!!!!!

  • esse e muiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiito louco!!!!!!!!!

  • crikey, Look at that big stingray. It sure looks nice. I'm just gonna swim over it here and ahhhhhhh. Dead.

  • ahahhahaahhahahha thats funny

  • I like these stingrays, but the mouth looks a bit scarey though. :(

    1:46 Wow! Thats the clearest water I've seen!

  • i got stung this year in peru, the only painful thing is when the stingray stings you. one thing is when your at the beach with stingrays slide your feet and the stingrays swims away.

  • daaamn!!! thats some clean blue ocean water shit! the beach in long beach are fucking dirty full of toxic shit...

  • Agree! I live in longbeach :)

  • i saw two baby rays in the inlet at myrtle beach where the water is calm and shallow...they were amazing and easy to observe because of the clear, calm water...always have been my favorite

    ...some kid kept catching them in a net half it's size and folding it over itself holding it above water...i wanted to punch him...

  • I swam with these at the Caymans, I'll never forget it. I did see one act of aggression though. One of the people I was with almost stepped on a baby and the mother charged the guy but stopped when she noticed everything was ok. I would recommend anyone doing this just stay away from the babies and watch where you step.

  • i got stung by one of these just recently but i don't hate them, it wasn't his fault. These are amazing animals, I would love to swim with the bigger ones. =)

  • i live in pinellas county and went to  madira beach and saw one and i wasent shuffeling :O

  • You would wanna play with them until you remember what happened to Steve Irwin.

  • I just got back from Grand Cayman and swam with them. It was absolutely amazing. They're ridiculously gentle and sweet.

  • really...I don't know, they look weird, beautiful, but kinda weird....And...I don't know, I kinda fear that huge tail they have...

  • 100,000,000 years my ass.

  • haha

  • You sir, are a dumbarse!

  • i would love to swim with them

  • cant beleive this thing has killed steve irwin

  • i hate stingrays lol

    i almost got pwned by 1 when i was coming back in from spearfishing

    it was burryed under the sand except for its eyes and i know this spot well so im like wdf thats weird and poked it with my gun and it flapped its wings and pissed off lol lucky i didnt stand on it cause it looked pretty dangerous, it was a dark blue color

  • I know all too well what it feels like to be stung by one of these frigging things! I stepped on one when I was young; hidden in the sand, it's barb buried into my right foot! As dangerous as a rattlesnake bite from what the doctors had said! I hate them with a passion!

  • you are h eone who steped on him if you where resting and someone that was likr 4 feet taler than you steped on you and you could sting would you and rmember they livein a life always under danger youshould not hate them YOU steped on him

  • I love stingrays, but I would not get in the water with one.

  • mantyke

  • they are actually really nice...i swimmed with them in australia....

  • woah... calm down here have some Vicodin

  • but he would not want you to

  • fail.

  • OMG i went to stingray city once it was amazing!! the sting rays were so friendly and they would rub up on you, they were just amazing.

  • it not the stingray's fault...he new the risk.. but he still intends to play with it.. the stingray knew how to defend themself naturally..they don't know whether you are good or bad..

    its like humans..u cannot be possibly going with a person who offfers you something good but you don't know who are they??

  • he was playing and he knew the risks of that

  • He is a hero, but he died under a circumstance that was uncontrollable. It was a wild animal, and while he was very good with animals, he made the mistake of pulling the barb out of his chest. Unfortunatley, it was right through his heart(another freak accident).

    Don't hate the animals, hate the circumstance, because teh stingray was acting on instinct.

  • i agree too

    but does it poison or jst kill u

  • Its not poison, It's a barb, like, a daggerish thing.

  • its a venomous barb

  • @Youcancallmeawesome hmmm....

  • @Youcancallmeawesome its better a stingray rather than an animal he specialized in like a croc, then everyone would be saying : "we knew a croc would get him"

  • @Youcancallmeawesome

    I'd pull the tail out of my heart if there was a freaking stingray flapping away on the other side of it!

  • @Youcancallmeawesome wtf is that comment gtfo

  • when i went to a field trip to the aquarium of the pacific in long beach we went to this BIG pool thingy and they said it was OK to touch them I WAS SCARED TO TOUCH THEM!! but i did and they feel SLIMY!

  • In Nashville I think? I went to the Opry Mills Mall and went to Sting Ray Reef, you fed em shrimp I loved it! My cousin kept trying to touch their tail (yet really the barb had been taken out)

  • Stingrays are just awesome!

  • I agree

  • growing up i never thought stingrays were ever dangerous , i remember being able to pet one at the local aquarium. being able to pierce a boat. still cant imagine how they attack with that tail. i have never ever seen film of a stingray attacking with its tail.

  • AndyRoddick969 said it below... Steve Irwin died that way. He was pierced through the heart with the spine/bone from the ray's tail. Google it..

  • AWESOME! I

  • after steve irwins death, idk if id want to play with this friendly creature. id be kinda scared.

  • I went snorkeling with them before ... they are HUGE (1 meter diameter) ... but very friendly ... I had the chance to feed them shrimps from my hand

  • Stingrays are built as one of the most extraordinary creatures. Their structure and defensive capabilities are so complex.

  • That's just wrong

  • let`s kill you in memory of your idiotness.

  • no its jerks like you who dont like steve irwin an innocent man took from his family

  • I loved Steve Irwin. But think about it, the sting ray was just using it`s instincts, doing what a sting ray does. That`s like killing us because we`re talking.

  • @iluvethewildlife

    Exactly. People are acting like the stingrays had some covert operation or something.

  • Stingrays are adorable! =] The Cayman Islands; that's gonna be my next vacation! xD

  • asshole

  • damn those guys are cute, i really wanna go to stingray city now!

  • I been there. It was a stop on a cruise. They didn't kill anyone but they stabbed one guy. So that was pretty cool.

  • i love these animals. they are beautiful. when i was 4, i went to a place where you could feed them. and, it's wonderful. you have to go. it is in brazil.

  • r.i.p irwin

  • My dad caught a stinray before when we were fishing on a boat and the boat was tiping. I have touched one too at down town aquarium, but their stingers were cut off.

  • don't fuck with stingrays! they are beautiful though!

  • OK... put the tinfoil hat back on, climb down from the curtains, and take your meds like a good boy.

  • why are you quoting blade runner?

  • yea i agree with silentthunderstorm get da hell out and take yo meds man serious

  • dunno if they are even edible! sounds delish though! lol

  • thats woosie i went spearing off terrigal haven in aus and i saw the fukin biggest ray it woulda been at least 2 meters long and 1.5 wide it was huge

  • stingrays are awsome

  • why did he go there WHY

  • I've seen eagle rays a few times while diving. They things were over 20 feet long and amazing! I would love to dive in that cove, haha.

  • thats just insane how do people do it!!!!?

  • they wnt sting you if you dont hert them first see neer the end the guys feedin them hes not gettin stung

  • im a victim of these species in zushi japan. trust me dont wanna step this species in sea bed i got big whip in my body... it hurts like hell..felt until 3 days from now what it happend as i post this msgs. sorry for my grammar"

  • hmm you know what eating a sting ray might be good!

  • wow....that it what else do you need hahah lolzz.? that bitch was fuuny and wine....okay keep dreaming.

  • shut ur gob dont kill al the stingrays kill u

  • RUN STINGRAY

  • i love them,

    they killed that australian guy:(

  • his name is steve irwin and he was great

  • yeh

  • These animals are dangerous. Simply stupid to mess with them. And people messing with them are playing with their lives..Animals dont need humans really. They should be left alone.

  • sorry i ment if you had a dog you knew for ages still dosen't mean it wont attack you

  • yeah aniamals have a basic instinc to attack when under threat, like for exspamle like if you had a dog you knew for ages still dosen't mean it will attack you if you might do somthing wrong when your not realzing it

  • lmfao they cant see what they are eating XD....and steve irwin didnt have it coming he did it for a living,he did it becausei loved doing it and he was good at it.. lifes a bitch they ae scared of us

  • wtf steve erwin ruled man. he could easily kick ur ass

  • Steve Irwin got what was coming to him and everyone knows it. He wouldn't leave animals in general alone and quite frankly it was only a matter of time before something happened. I know the hero worshipers on here don't want to hear that but it's the solid truth.

  • He worked with animals, he did it for a living. So don't be such a friggin jerk

  • I'm not being a jerk it's that you all can't handle the truth. Steve Irwin was always willing to go above and beyond the boundaries of the animal World and there are plenty of videos proving that fact. I too am a fan of this guy Steve Irwin but i'm not going to lie to myself about him like you all are doing.

  • We aren't lying to ourselves. It's true. His job and living was working with animals. My sister wants to work with animals. Have you ever seen all the people that work with animals? that's a lot of people, so he didn't deserve what came. Just saying he got what was comin to him is bein in my opinion, kind of a jerk

  • Now I never said he deserved it that would make me an asshole because his mission in life was to help them. Have you ever noticed how your dog always lies down facing you? Animals in general don't trust people especially wild ones and the shit i've seen him doing around them supports my statements fully. Even the people closest to him knew something like this was going to happen eventually and didn't seen surprised in the tribute videos.

  • i agrree squaccy...don't blame the stingrays, if someone was hovering over you, what would you do?

  • i only hate one of these fuckers because only one stingray killed Steven Irwin so we have to be nice to the rest unless theres you spot one thats related to the one that killed Steven which also means i have to hate more than one stingray because his mum and dad are related to him included other family members...sorry for being so random

  • Yeh but the stingray didnt kill Steven intentionally...more like "shit, im being attacked" not "KILL IRWIN MAN!" so don't hate them, its just nature and Irwin knew the risks, thats what made his job so adrenalin rising. :D

  • Who else thinks that those Rays look like they are flying underwater with those movements?

  • yeh,but every1s gotta go one day, unfortunately

  • those things are cute when they are babies and all white and at the zoo in that special display where you can touch them and they beg you to pet them

  • harika