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Yes, stingrays can lose their stingers, which are actually modified barbs made of cartilage. If a stingray gets injured or if the stinger is damaged, it can detach. However, stingrays can regenerate their stingers over time, similar to how some other animals can regrow lost body parts.
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What are facts about stingray?
1.if you get to close it will sting you 2.live in the ocean 3.they have a tail with a stinger on the end 4.they have a flat body to hide 5.they killed a lot of people that swim in the ocean
Definintion of barb on a bee?
The barb that is on a bee's stinger is like a razor blade. This will cause the stinger to remain locked into the skin when projected.
Do yellow jackets lose their stinger after they sting?
A worker honey bee's sting is barbed, so after she has thrust it into the victim she cannot pull it back out. When the bee pulls away, the sting remains behind, together with the venom sac and often part of the intestine. The resulting damage is fatal to the bee. A queen bee has a smooth sting so she can withdraw the sting and re-use it. Drones (male bees) don't have a sting.
Can a bee lose its stinger and grow one back?
No. After a bee has stung its victim, when it pulls away the barbed stinger pulls out of the bee's body together with with the venom sac and the associated structures. The bee dies from its injuries.
Why honey bees die after their sting?
Some of their guts come out when the stinger is ejected so they lose blood and organs.
Can a stingray shoot out his stinger?
no
What is the stinger on a stingray for?
self defence
Can a stingray shot out their stinger?
No, the stinger cannot be propelled from the body, but i can become dislodged after the stinging.
When a hornet stings you does it lose it's stinger?
The only stinging insect that loses it stinger when it stings is the honey bee worker. So, no, the hornet does not lose its stinger.
What part of the stingray killed Steve Irwin?
The stingray barb punctured his Aorta and he bled to death
What does the stingray look like?
a stingray looks like a flat gray white body with a stinger and an mouth under the flat body while the eyes are on top! :)
Are manta rays dangerous?
No mantas aren't dangerous, they are completely harmless, as they do not contain a stinger such as the stingray.
Does a bee have to lose its stinger to die?
of course not
The body covering of stingray?
A stingray is a cartilaginous fish related to sharks. The stinger is covered with a thin layer of skin. Its body covering blends in with its habitat and is a thick, rough, rubbery skin.
Can wasp lose stingers in clothing and can stinger continue to sting?
No, a wasp cannot lose its stinger. However, honeybees do lose their stinger (and life) when they sting a person. And their stinger continues to pump venom into the victim after it has become detached from the bee. The stinger of the wasp is not barbed and can be used again and again, while the honeybee stinger is barbed and remains in victim's skin.
What is the stingray's protection?
The barb around its tail is its protection. If a predator tries to prey on the stingray, the stingray will whip its tail and the barb injects a venom into the predator. Contact with the stinger causes local trauma (from the cut itself), pain, swelling, muscle cramps from the venom, and later possibly even infection from bacteria.
How does a stingray protected?
Simple, it can hide under sand in the sea, or it can use its stinger on its tail to shock an enemy. I think stingrays are very cool because of that.
