'Pacifist' Stingrays
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'Pacifist' Stingrays
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Going to sound rather strange, had a few dreams last night, one involved reading through an article on Stingrays having a lower than could be explained rate of attack, when including both feeding and defensive evolutionary reasons.
The feeling from the dream implied this to be a rarity for a complex organism and I was curious as to the merits of it.
I.E.
If creating a game theory model of a stingray and it's likely attack rate percentile, it would be incorrect based on the current understanding we have.
To increase the crazy, what are your thoughts on stingrays consciously choosing/preferring a pacifist-esqe(For lack of better term) evolutionary path?
Yup.
Thanks for your time in reading! <3
Going to sound rather strange, had a few dreams last night, one involved reading through an article on Stingrays having a lower than could be explained rate of attack, when including both feeding and defensive evolutionary reasons.
The feeling from the dream implied this to be a rarity for a complex organism and I was curious as to the merits of it.
I.E.
If creating a game theory model of a stingray and it's likely attack rate percentile, it would be incorrect based on the current understanding we have.
To increase the crazy, what are your thoughts on stingrays consciously choosing/preferring a pacifist-esqe(For lack of better term) evolutionary path?
Yup.
Thanks for your time in reading! <3
Stingrays are pacifists. They would rather do almost anything than sting you. Attacks are actually relatively rare (but often sensationalised). There's a bay in northern NSW where the seabed swarms with stingrays. I've snorkelled there a few times, and never felt remotely concerned for my safety.
Also, interesting fact... If you flip a ray (and a lot of sharks) onto their back they go into a kind of torpor (as if paralysed). Orcas in New Zealand have taken advantage of this and learned to flip them over before eating them to avoid a nasty sting.
Also, interesting fact... If you flip a ray (and a lot of sharks) onto their back they go into a kind of torpor (as if paralysed). Orcas in New Zealand have taken advantage of this and learned to flip them over before eating them to avoid a nasty sting.
Re: 'Pacifist' Stingrays
Stingrays would rather hug you than attack you
Hug and kiss stingrays
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CAYMAN ISLANDS--HUGGING STING RAYS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOa_UUjRaS4
Hug and kiss stingrays
https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserRev ... lands.html
CAYMAN ISLANDS--HUGGING STING RAYS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOa_UUjRaS4
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