stingrays

The Florida Aquarium's seven cownose stingrays were at Tropicana Field during Hurricane Milton where they weathered the roof being torn off the baseball stadium during the storm. The stingrays spend the Magor League Baseball season at Tropicana Field as part of the Tampa Bay Rays Touch Experience.

It's a condition similar to the "bends" that scuba divers can contract.

"People know about the global trade in shark fins, but few know that some of the most valuable fins ... used in shark fin soup come from the sharklike rays — species like sawfishes and wedgefishes and guitarfishes," says Sonja Fordham, who contributed to a new analysis of the fisheries.

These cousins of the shark send thousands of waders and surfers yelping for medical help each year. A powerful toxin in the barb of the ray's tail triggers a "knifelike pain" that can last for hours. Best prevention? Do the "stingray shuffle."

The Florida Aquarium in downtown Tampa is getting a facelift. Mayor Bob Buckhorn is attending the ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the new Stingray…