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andy beckerstingray city is off the coast of the grand caymen island.
it's a sand bar that is home to 70ish sounthern stingrays.
it's been around for 150+ years. started as a safe haven for fishing boats, where they could hide from pirates.
the fishermen would clean the fish they had caught and throw the heads and guts into the ocean. the stingrays would get free breakfast, lunch, and dinner. after generations of doing this, the stingrays became "domesticated".
now, it's a tourist thing. i have been to stingray city....very cool experience. you can touch huge stingrays....litterally pick them up and hold out of the water. the stinrays are about twice as big as a big frisbee.
an excursion i would recommend to anyone going to the caymens.