how does a stingray use its barb to attack? does it just stick up or does the barb shoot off into the enemy?

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there is no such animal that shoots its barb or stinger on this planet.

so it just sticks it on you

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it sticks up like a stinger on a wasp.

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It just flexes its tail which has a barb attached to it. Imagine a scorpion stinging its prey. It works sort of like that. The barb never detaches from the stingray.

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The barb does not shoot out of the stingray. it can hit you with the tail and poke you with the barb,
I am not clear if the barb detaches or brakes off or not

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it's just like a knife

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good grief know

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it sticks up never leaves the tail

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Stingrays don't use their barbs to attack, they use it as a defense mechanism. Their barb is movable up, down, and of course to the sides. When it feels threatened (I'm guessing this last bit here) when it feels threatened it will move the barb in that direction, sort of like a type of sword.

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There are so many specials coming up about sea creatures. On Anderson Cooper a marine biologist said that only when the creature is agitated will it attack by whipping its tail around at you.

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the stingray stabs u with it. it flips it tail and stabs you with it..

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The barb breaks off into the predator and it grows back.

"O" Wise One.. says so

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It will stab you with then barb and then pull it out.But the barb is like an arrow with edges, that when pulled out rip the flesh. THe barb is also poisenous.