ok me and my friends are having a controversy over whether or not stingrays have darts please help
2006-09-05 02:13:52 · 17 answers · asked by ROWDYONE 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
No, they have barbs that are like butter knives that are used for defense. They do not shoot them but sometimes they break off and grow back (kind of like a finger nail). They are for defensive purposes only.
2006-09-05 02:20:08 · answer #1 · answered by Michael S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The venom apparatus or "sting" of a stingray is a spine or modified dermal denticle (the scales covering sharks and stingrays) with two ventral grooves filled with venom-producing tissue. The venom apparatus is surrounded by a cell-rich covering or sheath that also may produce lesser amounts of venom. The venom itself is a largely protein-based toxin that causes great pain in mammals and may also alter heart rate and respiration. However, since it is proteinaceous, it can be inactivated by exposure to high temperatures. Because of this, immersion of the wound in hot water or application of a heat compress are recommended as an immediate treatment for unfortunate victims of a stingray injury or "envenomation." Although this may reduce the initial pain of a stingray injury, victims should still obtain medical assistance so that the wound can be properly examined and cleaned to avoid secondary infections or other complications.
2006-09-05 09:51:56 · answer #2 · answered by walkerwoman46 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they do not have darts. "Stingrays take their name from the barbed spine(s) at the base of their long, whip-like tail. Rays have broad, flat, almost disk-shaped bodies with no distinct head." Hundreds of tourist swim, snorkel, and dive with stingrays daily. Here are a couple of links that describe the Southern Atlantic Stingray:
http://www.cayman.org/fauna/stingray.htm
http://www.cayman.org/divesite/stingray.htm
2006-09-05 09:40:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if one of them owns a dart board
2006-09-05 09:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by havanadig 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hello no, they don't have darts they have a " barb" the barb is what killed steve, as it hit his heart, it is also filled with toxic poison , Which is believed to stop the flow of blood in the body,
2006-09-05 10:22:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ummm...have you missed the news over the weekend?
They mostly all have poison barbs, & only usually use them when they are surprised, & in fear or pi--ed off...
Surprised seems to be why the one barbed S. Erwin.
2006-09-05 09:20:35 · answer #6 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darts? I dont know.. How about Barbs- Cause thats how steve irwin died.
2006-09-05 09:15:48 · answer #7 · answered by yournotalone 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thank you - when reading your question, my coffee came out my nose.
Barbs dear - not darts.
2006-09-05 09:22:00 · answer #8 · answered by lisa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are not darts they are barbs
so to answer your question no
2006-09-05 11:24:37 · answer #9 · answered by gousa1991 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. And you have a computer and did not have to look it up yourself. Happy?
2006-09-05 09:36:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋