Giant Stingray Could be World’s Largest
In central Thailand an enormous freshwater stingray was captured, tagged and released during a National Geographic expedition.
Dr. Zeb Hogan, a biologist from the University of Nevada, Reno helped tag and release the animal. It was estimated to be somewhere between 550 and 770 lbs, but was never officially weighed.
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Hogan stated he has seen one other freshwater stingray that was larger in surface area, but not as heavy. The world record for largest freshwater fish is 646 lbs. for a Mekong catfish, which was also caught in Thailand. The stingray was tagged with an electronic device which emits signals researchers can track with listening instruments. The species is considered to be threatened because of habitat loss.
Research on freshwater stingrays is being conducted jointly between the University of Nevada, Reno, the Thai Fisheries Department, a sport fishing company, and the National Geographic Society.
You can see more images of the stingray at National Geographic.
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Image Credit: Zeb Hogan, University of Nevada, Reno
looks like a giant pancake.
“You should see the toast. I couldn’t even get it through the door!”
The massive Giant freshwater stingray was caught by the Fishsiam Ltd team in Thailand whilst working alongside Dr.Zeb Hogan and Thai veterinary experts on a research program to study stingray in Thai rivers.
The large stingray is one of 84 different captures made by the team in a fifiteen month period.
Numerous fish have been tagged during this program in an effort to gain a further understanding of these highly enigmatic creatures ditribution throughout the Maeklong and Ban Pakong Rivers.
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I need more info for school!!!
The Giant freshwater stingray was caught during a scientific expedition with National Geographic and Fishsiam Thailand.
We have successfully caught and released 122 stingrays in a two year period and we are working alongside scientists to assess population densities of stingrays in Thailand.