Stingray

Tampa Bay Rays Visit Madeira Beach

May 22, 2010

As we were walking along Madeira Beach today, watching the Gulf Coast Standup Paddleboard Championship, we enjoyed watching a school of Cownose rays swimming in the shallow water. Of course everyone thought they were stingrays. The Cownose ray does not have the habit of sitting quietly on the sea floor waiting to be stepped on, [...]

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Cownose Ray Feeding Behavior

April 27, 2010

When most people think of rays, they think of stingrays that sit quietly on the bottom and wait to be stepped on. But cownose rays are a lot easier to see than stingrays because they often swim in large schools near the surface of the water. They will swim up and down the beach during [...]

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Florida Stingray Caught on Video

May 24, 2009

Stingray Swimming in Florida from David McRee on Vimeo. I was on Pine Island this past weekend to shoot a video for VISIT FLORIDA and happened to be in the perfect spot to get some video of a stingray. I arrived the day before the video shoot and took an evening walk along the north [...]

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Stingray Injuries Not Always Easy To Treat

January 22, 2009

Every few months someone writes to me looking for information on treating a stingray injury. They get barbed in the foot or ankle while they are in Florida on vacation, then they go home after initial treatment at a Florida emergency room. Some continue to have painful symptoms and are desperately looking for an answer, [...]

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