I grew up my whole life with stingrays around. When I was young, my cousin acidentally jumped on one and it stuck her in the calf right before I jumped in. She was hurt pretty bad and took a while to recover. I've always had respect (fear) for stingrays and still stomp my feet walking through the water to run them away. Never cared a bit for feeding or getting close to them. Hooked one once bottom fishing, cut the line, and stayed away from it. When I went to the Carribbean on a cruise, I was supprised to hear about excursions to "Stingray City" to touch and feed stingrays in the wild. NOT FOR ME!
