Stingrays - Lots of Them

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Alfonso, Shayna, and underwater friend

Alfonso telling us what to do with the stingrays.

Slapping them on the back or pulling their tails wasn't part of it.

Here they come...

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After the sharks, we pet some stingrays. Stingrays are really really friendly. Or maybe they like free food (they are probably distant relatives of grad students). Anyways, I fed a few stingrays. The first time went well. Held out fish, stingray sucked fish (they have no teeth), and I cheered. Although the second or third time I did this, another stingray from the side surprised me with his dexterity and grabbed the fish I was holding. He sucked three of my fingers in his mouth too! Now, they may not have teeth but they probably have some cartilage cause Damn I felt a crunch. That freaked me out a little and I pulled my hand out like it was in a hot oven. After that I started to chicken out feeding the stingrays and dropped some fish when they got near me. It was a strange feeling having 3 or 4 stingrays up on your body too!