Swimming with Stingray?
You may feel overwhelmed by the death of Steve Irwins recently because of a Stingray. Some Australians actually killed some stingrays in order to revenge his death. But, is stingray really that dangerous? Is it safe to swim with Stingrays?
There are lots of tourism around the world, especially in the Caribbean that offers travellers/tourists to swim with Stingrays. For example; Disney offers stingray excursions at their private island Castaway.
The experts say that swim with stingrays is actually deemed to be safe. However, it is actually a rare case that anyone can be stung by a stingray unless they feel threatened.
Carnival said “The death of Steve Irwin was a terrible tragedy. Experts agree that it was an extremely unusual occurrence involving a particularly large breed of stingray found in Australia. To be stung by a stingray is rare and, despite the tens of thousands of our guests who have participated in the stingray shore excursions offered by our tour operator partners, there has never been a fatality or serious injury.”
Holland America said that there has never been a serious injury on one of their stingray tours.
Now ,we are able to understand that stung by stingrays is very rare. The important that you need to take caution when swim with stingrays is do not ever try to threat them or even attack them.
RELATED LINK
- travel-plan-idea
- wikipedia : information about Stingrays and their nature.
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