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yuiyoshida

(41,839 posts) Sat Apr 18, 2015, 02:59 AM Apr 2015

Have you kissed a stingray?

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Have you kissed a stingray? (Original Post) yuiyoshida Apr 2015 OP

Used to do it all the time, until that Australian alligator guy took a barb to the heart. Hoyt Apr 2015 #1

Yeah, but her divorce lawyer was even worse pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #2

Watch this. Jaws will never be the same again Scootaloo Apr 2015 #3

Don't go near the water! pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #4

. Rex Apr 2015 #20

Nope, and don't want to. I have enough trouble keeping up with the mammals I need to kiss. Shrike47 Apr 2015 #5

Yes, we know pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #6

they can suck your skin in and grand it off with their toothy plates elehhhhna Apr 2015 #7

Is this something Rick Santorum should know about? nt Buns_of_Fire Apr 2015 #8

Rick Santorum probably invented it.. yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #9

Yep. At that exact same spot. Pretty cool. Bonx Apr 2015 #10

why would anyone kiss a stinging beast? ND-Dem Apr 2015 #11

To show it a little love? yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #12

as i added: they don't like to be kissed and you're spreading germs to them. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #13

I am sure I am spreading germs too to my yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #15

kitties are mammals; stingrays are cartilaginous fishes (sharks, rays and skates). ND-Dem Apr 2015 #16

After this lecture, you should be filled with remoras pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #17

Riverheard Aquarium has a Ray Tank. They come right up to the edge (it's thigh high) KittyWampus Apr 2015 #14

Was it consensual? Was the ray wearing provocative clothing? Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2015 #18

Is that what the kids are into these days!? Rex Apr 2015 #19

Stingray City? Scurrilous Apr 2015 #21

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. Used to do it all the time, until that Australian alligator guy took a barb to the heart.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 03:25 AM

Apr 2015

Cool video.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

2. Yeah, but her divorce lawyer was even worse

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 03:34 AM

Apr 2015

When I saw she hired a shark I knew...

...I was gonna need a bigger boat.

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

3. Watch this. Jaws will never be the same again

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:44 AM

Apr 2015

http://www.cracked.com/video_19164_the-scarier-story-you-missed-in-background-jaws.html

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

4. Don't go near the water!

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:50 AM

Apr 2015

Rex

(65,616 posts)

20. .

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:48 PM

Apr 2015

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)

5. Nope, and don't want to. I have enough trouble keeping up with the mammals I need to kiss.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:59 AM

Apr 2015

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

6. Yes, we know

Reply to Shrike47 (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 05:15 AM

Apr 2015

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)

7. they can suck your skin in and grand it off with their toothy plates

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 08:39 AM

Apr 2015

Met a divemaster who was missing a good part of his forearm. Don't kiss a stingrays unless you want a huge hockey, or worse...

Buns_of_Fire

(17,193 posts)

8. Is this something Rick Santorum should know about? nt

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 09:07 AM

Apr 2015

yuiyoshida

(41,839 posts)

9. Rick Santorum probably invented it..

Reply to Buns_of_Fire (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 11:38 AM

Apr 2015

nt/

Bonx

(2,066 posts)

10. Yep. At that exact same spot. Pretty cool.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 11:41 AM

Apr 2015

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)

11. why would anyone kiss a stinging beast?

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 11:43 AM

Apr 2015

Stingrays are usually very docile and curious, their usual reaction being to flee any disturbance, but they will sometimes brush their fins past any new object they encounter.

Nevertheless, certain larger species may be more aggressive and should be approached with caution, as the stingray's defensive reflex (use of its poisoned stinger) may result in serious injury or death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray

they don't like to be kissed, and you're spreading germs to them as well. what's the point?

yuiyoshida

(41,839 posts)

12. To show it a little love?

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #11)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 11:45 AM

Apr 2015

nt.

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)

13. as i added: they don't like to be kissed and you're spreading germs to them.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 11:47 AM

Apr 2015

as well as holding them captive.

it ain't love.

yuiyoshida

(41,839 posts)

15. I am sure I am spreading germs too to my

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #13)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 11:52 AM

Apr 2015

Kitty when I kiss him! Hey! I don't know why they do this in the grand cayman Islands, its probably something, a Republican started, while drunk!!! BLAME THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)

16. kitties are mammals; stingrays are cartilaginous fishes (sharks, rays and skates).

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #15)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 12:06 PM

Apr 2015

it's about the love, just like SeaWorld is.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

17. After this lecture, you should be filled with remoras

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #15)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:24 PM

Apr 2015

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)

14. Riverheard Aquarium has a Ray Tank. They come right up to the edge (it's thigh high)

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 11:48 AM

Apr 2015

and let you pet them. They look at you. They are friendly and sentient.

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

18. Was it consensual? Was the ray wearing provocative clothing?

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:27 PM

Apr 2015

Rex

(65,616 posts)

19. Is that what the kids are into these days!?

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:36 PM

Apr 2015

The fads kids come up with!

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

21. Stingray City?

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:57 PM

Apr 2015

I dove there once back in the day (took a 'resort course' in a hotel pool) during one of my trips for the annual Pirates Week bacchanal.

No one was getting to first base with the things back then.

The only human/stingray contact I witnessed was when people would smear Cheez Whiz on their dive suits or bodies and the stingrays would suck it off with their tiny scary mouths.

This kind of behavior caused the stingrays to act a bit too aggressive IMO and their repeated violations of my personal space was off-putting.

@#$% that. Back to the bar.

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