The encyc. Brittanica says Aussie stingrays can get up to 3 meters wide and 4 meters long. That's a lot of muscle well adapted to aquatic living. Also said that the stingers from the big ones have been known to pierce wooden boats.

Although it's a freak accident, they say it does happen now and then, word I heard is that wounds to the abdomen can easily be fatal, the toxin being able to attack the organs.

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