Bluespot stingray in Ras Mohammed national park, Red Sea #shorts

A blue spot stingray. Common and easy-to-spot throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including the Red Sea and the Great Barrier Reef. Like all stingrays they have venomous spines at the base of the tail. Simple to identify with their oval shape and blue spots, they are not aggressive, but if you accidentally step on one the spine may be driven into your leg. This causes intense pain, increasing for around 90 minutes and lasting, if untreated, for 1 to 2 days. They breathe by drawing water through a small hole behind the eye and expelling it through gill slits on their undersides. They often lie on sandy bottoms, flicking sand over themselves as camouflage. They feed on molluscs and crabs. Scuba diving in the Red Sea. Ras Mohammed national park. scuba diving Sharm el Sheikh.