Seal Beach — A few stingrays manage to escape a 300-foot fishing net as workers from the Learn2rip Surf Academy, scientists from Cal State Long Beach and Seal Beach lifeguards take part in a seasonal effort to catch, study, de-barb and safely release more than 200 stingrays while cleaning the popular but polluted area near the Los Alamitos Bay jetties in Seal Beach.
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Seal Beach — A sting rays raises its tail with its sharp barb extended upward as it is trapped by a fishing net. Years ago, the strand earned the nickname Ray Bay for the thousands of rays it draws to its shallow waters warmed by a nearby power plant.
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Seal Beach — Organizer Cary Ortiz holds up three sharp barbs clipped from the stingrays. The toxin-coated stinger causes a dull, burning pain to pulsate through the sting area, usually a victim's lower leg. The injuries aren't considered serious unless they get infected or the ray's serrated barb breaks off.
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Seal Beach — A volunteer cuts the barb off a trapped stingray. Lifeguards warn families, kite-boarders and beginning surfers to be cautious in the area they call the "hot zone," where an average of 400 people a year are stung.
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Seal Beach — Volunteers de-barb trapped stingrays. Hot summer days when the tide is low and the surf is calm are ideal conditions for stings. The only known cure for the sea creatures' sting is to soak your feet in near-scalding water.
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Seal Beach — A volunteer holds up a sea hare that was released shortly after being trapped in a 300-foot fishing net.
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Seal Beach — A volunteers retrieves a large croaker fish that was released back into the ocean shortly after being trapped in the fishing net.
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