Have you ever touched one?

I did this at Sea World many times as a child, and when my daughter was just over a year old I took her there and let her do it too. She was as fascinated as I was when I first tried it. They're not the most attractive of creatures but they're still pretty amazing. My partner had to be dragged away, he was even more interested than my daughter was lol

I've touched a stingray before, yes! Sharks have an amazing texture to their skin too as it's kind of like a smooth grade sandpaper. I've touched dolphins as well as snakes and a number of other reptiles, birds and mammals like koalas, kangaroos and even a wombat! What a wonderful experience for you and your Daughter!

No I don't have any such experience but I wish I had touched a GREAT WHITE without my hands bitten off, as I see on discovery. Many tourists do it at places like South Africa probably where there is a population of those enigmatic endangered species, for some bucks, I intend to do it if I go there someday!

They have that exhibit @ our zoo too. We have not gone especially since the Aligator Hunter was killed.... I know it is rare. But still between that, our kids don't listen whatsoever, and I can't see spending the money I don't have to do it.

I haven't touched a sting ray but I saw one when I was snorkeling in Jamaica once. I had been out checking out the reef.. it was beautiful! Then I decided to go back to the shore as my friend was waiting there. I went across a real deep area of water. I saw something move on my left side and when I looked it was a ray coming up to the surface of the water! I just watched in awe as it was beautiful!

This is very interesting. For exotic animals, I'm not sure if a starfish is an exotic animal but i always see them when I go to the beach in summer vacation. There was lots of them in the shore and it's fascinating for me I guess.

Here in Minnesota at the Mall of AMerica they havew Underwater World. It copsts a bit but it's a huge aquarium you walk through with fish etc all around you including above you etc. Then at the end, they have a oetting area with sharks, stingrays,crabs etc to touch. I went recently with my neice and nephew and neice. The 5 year old neice loved being able to touch the sea life. I had done this here before and still enjoyed it as the place changes quite often actually with new sealife etc added to all areas.
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Unfortunately, I can't remember with certainty if I have ever touched one or not. But I don't think I ever have though. I've only been two a zoo twice in the past ten years (both times to take my nieces) but petting the animals was not allowed. I think the only zoo I have been to that allowed petting I went to as a kid years ago.

This sounds pretty nice. I like it when people go out of their way to do thing with their family like this. Something education, stimulating, something to engage their children's curiosity. I don't think I every had much direct contact with exotic animals except that a friend of mine once had a basement full of reptiles, snakes, and spiders. He was an odd sort of person.

They have stingray exhibits where you can touch at the Long Beach and Monterey Aquariums. Very cool. Maybe my coolest animal encounter was in the Galapagos where I got to stroke a tortoises throat (they like it lol).