[Pyro7480]

That's why you do the "stingray shuffle" in waters where they live.

[Daaave]

I didn't start doing the shuffle until a crab pinched my toe.

A stingray article with medical analysis:

Attack of the Killer Ray "Stingrays are the largest of the venomous fish, and there are many species in the Australian coastal waters. The tail of the stingray carries at least one barb or spine that may be up to 37 cm (14.56") long. The barbs are cartilaginous and retroserrate, and covered by a film of venom and mucous contained within an integumentary sheath."

"Two longitudinal ventrolateral grooves contain venom secreting glands. Stingrays usually lie in the sand on the seabed. When disturbed by pressure over the dorsum of the body, the tail is thrust upward and forward, driving the barb in to the victim. Rupture of the integumentary sheath on penetration allows the venom to be released."

nswseakayaker.asn.au/