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When I was just a child my first excursion into the salty sea was prefaced with dire warnings about those stinging rays. Then, not as now, the fearsome rays in question were not from the sun but of those found beneath the lovely waves. The danger still lurks but, as all things, with time has become just a part of life and yes, before my child first dipped her toes into the brine I urged her to step lightly...

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Seal Beach's reputation as a hot spot for stingray injuries is well-deserved, says a new study by Cal State Long Beach. Lead researcher Chris Lowe reports that swimmers, surfers and waders were hit by stingrays at least 2,264 times from 1997-2005. The city averaged 251 injuries per year during that period, according a paper Lowe presented at an American Elasmobranch Society meeting in St. Louis

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