Stepped on a stingray today at altona bugger stung me on the top of my foot recon that didn't hurt . Ambos were driving passed and stopped . Now lying in hospital drugged to the eyeballs waiting for tests and x rays
Not fun at all

get the photos up asap....

OUCH!! Good thing the Ambo's found you ,I was watching a doco on stingrays the other night they have poison on their barb with heaps of bacteria in it Which can cause bad infections . Hope you have a quick recovery .

I saw the same doco, hows 6 years to stop the wound festering. Some nasty buggers in the sea!!!

stingray got me last year, brought him onto the boat to remove the hooks, only a small ray, big pain, hot water the only help until a local jab. Hope it heals up Ok bro.

Damn beanz, 545am and over a coffee I see that! That's is one insane barb! Yeh saw that doco as well, what do the locals local them..'wish you were dead' fish cause if you get stung the pain is so intense you wish you were dead!!

I've got 2 scars on my left ankle from 1 sting ray, first when I was 10 where the barb went in, the pain was intense, I toughed it out initially but months later it got pusy and I had surgery to get it out.

Next scar is from 17 years later when a rouge barb protruding (spike outward) about an inch away the entry wound, It was just a scab that wouldn't get better so I dug around with some tweezers, grabbed something that got thicker as I was pulling it out, a little painful but got the spike out.
Sting rays are stupid buggers, I've always avoided them when spearfishing

What's worse, ray or a cobbler?

... yep, got one on the ankle, and took months to heal, some nasty bugs on those bloody barbs.