An anon. beachgoer in the tropical metropolis of Sanya in southerly China quickly became possibly the world ’s unluckiest man when his genitalia were pricked by a stingray ’s barbed tail .
A viral video circulating acrossChinese mediashows the man wrestle in pain as a gang of mass surround him . He reportedly went swim in the sea when a stingray swam up his shorts . When he made his way back to the shoring , the stingray was still hook to his genitals .
" I imagine the poor gentleman in the article was swimming along the bottom or did a quick nosedive in and landed right on top of the startled stingray , " marine life scientist Molly Zaleski say IFLScience .
Despite sure jest circulating the Internet about this man ’s unfortunate spot , getting stung by a stingray can be a quite serious and sometimes life - threatening issue .
" Stingray interactions can be middling uncouth with people getting sting yearly off the southern US coast . It ’s because stingrays hang out in shallow , sandy waters that just take place to overlap with where people wish to wade and swim , " explain Zaleski . " They ’re not strong-growing , and their first response to perturbation is to swim away , but the injuries to man materialize when someone accidentally steps on them or they feel in a position where they ca n’t swim forth . "
Typically find in shallow waters intemperate oceans , stingray move by flapping the sides of their flattened bodies like wings while using their prat to move through the pee . In 2006 , Australian zookeeper Steve Irwin was kill when he was stabbed “ hundreds of multiplication ” by the “ jagged shaft ” of the tail of a 2.4 - meter ( 8 - foot ) stingray . The stingray that kill Irwin had a 20 - centimeter ( 8 - inch ) serrate tip at the end of its shadow made of the same substance as shark scale , reportsLive Science . When the stingray feels endanger , this tip stiffens and , if it is serrate , can cut through the flesh of predators .
The tails of some stingrays are equipped with a life-threatening malice that can kill humans . When administered , the spitefulness right away cause vivid pain to the touched domain and can last as long astwo hours . In extreme cases , the damaged tissue can become necrotic and die off .
" Most injuries are cuts from the barb , so the chemical reaction should be the way you ’d normally oppose to a stinger : strip the wound , practice pressure , and call 911 ( the cuts can be very awful ) , " Zaleski said . " If the slam is stuck in there , do n’t stress to slay it , but rather have a medical professional helper you . "
As for the world in China , it ’s unclear whether he suffer any injury or if he was at risk of venom poisoning .
