The 23-year-old accidentally stepped on a stingray, whose venomous barb pierced her foot. "It's like a massive burning sensation, it's just so intense," she said. After hobbling back to shore ...

The stingray's barb was buried a few inches deep into her back, just missing her lungs. She's now sharing her terrifying experience while in the hospital with 8 On Your Side. A Tampa woman is ...

The giant freshwater stingray may be the world’s largest freshwater ... Each ray has a sharp barb on the base of its tail that can easily penetrate human skin and bone, much like a hunting ...

RICHMOND defender David Astbury wants in after having a stingray barb removed from his foot, while the luckless Chris Knights could make his long-awaited comeback against the Western Bulldogs on ...

If the wound is not serious, however, you can pull out the barb before you leave the water and rinse the wound in the sea.

Stingray tail barbs are specialized structures located near the base of the animal's tail. These ... [+] barbs are composed of keratin, the same material found in human fingernails, which makes ...

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The 24-year-old needed surgery to remove a stingray barb from his left foot after being stung at Port Melbourne beach on Wednesday. The much-improved defender was wading in waist-deep water during an ...

They can discuss what the barb is for and how this defends the stingray. They can then identify other animals that have adaptations for defending themselves against predators or threats.