re: sting ray barbs(flounder gigging spinoff)

Captain of our boat in the Cayman Islands got stung in the knee.

Apparently they don't sting you unless they feel threatened.

We were all swimming with hundreds of them around us in clear water. They'd come swim up under your feet and everything.

The captain was holding one so everyone could take a picture with it. After a while it escaped his arms and he jumped after it. I suppose it felt threatened and stung him. I got the frick out of the water after that. It was bleeding, but he said he was fine and it was the first time it happened to him.