{"id":4010,"date":"2018-04-06T13:46:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T11:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2021-04-26T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T12:45:00","slug":"stingray-in-struisbaai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/stingray-in-struisbaai\/","title":{"rendered":"STINGRAYS  IN  STRUISBAAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What an amazing experience we had when we visited the famous stingrays in Struisbaai harbour!\u00a0 I was absolutely mesmerized by them and took a zillion pictures \u2026..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4014\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8383-LOGO-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8383-LOGO-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8383-LOGO-600x402.jpg 600w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8383-LOGO-768x514.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8383-LOGO-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8383-LOGO-980x656.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parrie is not just another stingray.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0He or she (I do not know how you distinguish between them) has been featured on local television in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Stingrays and manta rays (there is a difference) are cartilaginous fishes.\u00a0 So, what is the difference between them?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stingray is a group of rays with about 100 species while there are only two species of manta rays.<\/li>\n<li>Manta ray is much larger and heavier than stingrays.<\/li>\n<li>Stingray has barbed stings, but not manta ray<\/li>\n<li>Stingray could be harmful for humans, but there are no accidental attacks on divers from manta rays<\/li>\n<li>Manta rays are found mostly around tropical waters and barely in subtropics, whereas stingrays inhabit tropical, subtropical, and occasionally temperate marine waters<\/li>\n<li>Manta rays get their gills cleaned from other fishes frequently but not the stingrays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4016\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8412-LOGO-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8412-LOGO-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8412-LOGO-600x402.jpg 600w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8412-LOGO-768x514.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8412-LOGO-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8412-LOGO-980x656.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Round about four in the afternoon, normally when the fishing boats return from sea, the stingrays decent on the harbour when Parrie and his friends arrive.\u00a0 If you want to get a good spot arrive early and position yourself on the small pier to have a good view to take those awesome pictures of them.\u00a0 You will not regret it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4017\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8458-LOGO-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8458-LOGO-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8458-LOGO-600x402.jpg 600w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8458-LOGO-768x514.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8458-LOGO-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8458-LOGO-980x656.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With their \u201cwaving wings\u201d they put up a display and entertain the people.\u00a0 Some of them took the food that is offered to them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4012\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8438-LOGO-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8438-LOGO-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8438-LOGO-600x402.jpg 600w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8438-LOGO-768x514.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8438-LOGO-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8438-LOGO-980x656.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With modern technology at hand a friend launched a drone to capture these amazing animals in the bay. I counted a total of about 13 in the clear blue waters.\u00a0 However, not all of them is as tame as Parrie and they keep their distance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4018\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8441-LOGO-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8441-LOGO-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8441-LOGO-600x402.jpg 600w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8441-LOGO-768x514.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8441-LOGO-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8441-LOGO-980x656.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parrie is famous.\u00a0 Go and like Parrie&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ParrieTheStingray\/?ref=br_rs\">Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">ooOoo<\/p>\n<!\u2013\u2013wordoftravel Topics [\"style.relaxing\",\"style.hiking\",\"style.adventure\",\"style.sights\",\"style.ecotravel\",\"style.overland\"] --><!--wordoftravel Places [\"Struisbaai:951787\"] -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What an amazing experience we had when we visited the famous stingrays in Struisbaai harbour!\u00a0 I was absolutely mesmerized by them and took a zillion pictures \u2026.. Parrie is not just another stingray.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0He or she (I do not know how you distinguish between them) has been featured on local television in recent years. Stingrays and manta rays (there is a difference) are cartilaginous fishes.\u00a0 So, what is the difference between them? Stingray is a group of rays with about 100 species while there are only two species of manta rays. Manta ray is much larger and heavier than stingrays. Stingray has barbed stings, but not manta ray Stingray could be harmful for humans, but there are no accidental attacks on divers from manta rays Manta rays are found mostly around tropical waters and barely in subtropics, whereas stingrays inhabit tropical, subtropical, and occasionally temperate marine waters Manta rays get&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/stingray-in-struisbaai\/\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[125,139],"tags":[1211,1913,982,985,986,1912,983,984,987,413,1112],"geo":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>STINGRAYS IN STRUISBAAI - TRAVELBUCKET<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What an amazing experience we had when we visited the famous stingrays in Struisbaai harbour!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/stingray-in-struisbaai\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"STINGRAYS IN STRUISBAAI - 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