Gigantic stingrays take a serious liking to snorkel guide in Belize

Stingrays are rumoured to be deadly killing machines with a vicious nature , but the truth is much different. Gentle in nature, and highly intelligent, they don't pose any serious threat to swimmers unless they are stepped on. Reflexively, they will arch their back and use their venomous barb for defense, as they would when attacked by a shark, their most common predator. But swimming freely, they rarely feel threatened. They also never attack humans out of aggression. We are simply not their food source.

These stingrays are completely wild and can swim anywhere they like. They frequent a marine park in Belize near San Pedro Island and they are accustomed to humans treating them respectfully. They will approach swimmers curiously, often interacting with them in delightful ways. But this snorkel guide seems to have captured their attention more than usual and they followed him closely, swimming up and around him, trying to look into his eyes and see what he was up to.

The tourists in his group were very impressed and entertained with this wonderful display.