Editing Stingray (section)

==Human use==
===As food===
[[File:Eihire - stingray meat - Japanese pub food - September 2014.jpg|thumb|Dried strips of stingray meat served as food in Japan]]

Rays are edible, and may be caught as food using fishing lines or spears. Stingray recipes can be found in many coastal areas worldwide.<ref name="ADW">{{Cite web |date=2021-03-10 |title=Animal Diversity Web – Dasyatidae, Stingrays |url=https://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Dasyatidae.html |access-date=2021-03-10 |website=Animal Diversity Web |archive-date=2021-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617014811/https://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Dasyatidae.html |url-status=live }}</ref> For example, in [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]], stingray is commonly [[grilling|grill]]ed over charcoal, then served with spicy ''[[sambal]]'' sauce. In [[Goa]], and other [[India]]n states, it is sometimes used as part of spicy curries. Generally, the most prized parts of the stingray are the wings, the "cheek" (the area surrounding the eyes), and the liver. The rest of the ray is considered too rubbery to have any culinary uses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Delicious and Deadly Stingray. Nyonya. New York, NY. (Partially from the Archives.)|url=http://www.deependdining.com/2006/09/delicious-and-deadly-stingray-nyonya.html|access-date=2023-02-14|language=en
| last = Lin | first = Eddie
| date = 2006
| website= Deep End Dining
| publisher= (blog)
}}</ref>

===Ecotourism===
[[File:Stingray CIty in Grand Cayman.jpg|thumb|Divers can interact with [[Southern stingray|southern stingrays (''Hypanus americanus'')]] at [[Stingray City]] in the [[Cayman Islands]].]]
Stingrays are usually very docile and curious, their usual reaction being to flee any disturbance, but they sometimes brush their fins past any new object they encounter. Nevertheless, certain larger species may be more aggressive and should be approached with caution, as the stingray's defensive reflex (use of its venomous stinger) may result in serious injury or death.<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Sullivan BN | date = May 2009 | url = http://therightblue.blogspot.com/2009/05/stingrays-dangerous-or-not.html | title = Stingrays: Dangerous or Not? | work = The Right Blue | access-date = 17 July 2012 | archive-date = 24 July 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120724162037/http://therightblue.blogspot.com/2009/05/stingrays-dangerous-or-not.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

===Other uses===
[[File:Stingray wallets.JPG|thumb|left|Stingray wallets]]
The skin of the ray is used as an under layer for the cord or leather wrap (known as ''samegawa'' in [[Japanese Language|Japanese]]) on [[Katana|Japanese swords]] due to its hard, rough texture that keeps the braided wrap from sliding on the handle during use.<ref name="Samegawa">{{Cite web |title=The Samegawa – Parts of a Japanese Katana |url=https://www.reliks.com/functional-swords/japanese-swords/samegawa/ |access-date=2021-03-10 |website=Reliks |archive-date=2021-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226180154/https://www.reliks.com/functional-swords/japanese-swords/samegawa/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several ethnological sections in museums,<ref>[http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/DaisyStingray/DaisyStingray.html FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Daisy Stingray] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104222906/http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/DaisyStingray/DaisyStingray.html |date=2016-01-04 }}. Flmnh.ufl.edu. Retrieved on 17 July 2012.</ref> such as the [[British Museum]], display arrowheads and spearheads made of stingray stingers, used in [[Micronesia]] and elsewhere.<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Séret, B. |author2=Couzens, G. |author3=Valenti, S.V. |year=2016 |title=''Hypanus rudis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T161620A104133548 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T161620A104133548.en |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> [[Henry de Monfreid]] stated in his books that before [[World War II]], in the [[Horn of Africa]], [[whip]]s were made from the tails of big stingrays and these devices inflicted cruel cuts, so in [[Aden]], the British forbade their use on women and slaves. In former Spanish colonies, a stingray is called {{Lang|es|raya látigo}} ("whip ray").

Some stingray species are commonly seen in public [[aquarium]] exhibits and more recently in home aquaria.<ref name="ADW" /><ref name="TFH">{{Cite magazine |last=Michael |first=Scott W. |date=September 2014 |title=Rays in the Home Aquarium |url=https://www.tfhmagazine.com/articles/saltwater/rays-in-the-home-aquarium-full-article |magazine=Tropical Fish Magazine |access-date=2021-03-10 |archive-date=2021-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422143732/https://www.tfhmagazine.com/articles/saltwater/rays-in-the-home-aquarium-full-article |url-status=live }}</ref>{{clear}}