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1 posted on 03/20/2015 5:01:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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For me, the best part of the article was to read that the Stingray was released back into the water, unharmed. Leave those creatures alone, if at all possible.


2 posted on 03/20/2015 5:09:00 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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That’s some big mama!


3 posted on 03/20/2015 5:09:25 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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I’d have a quick heart attack just encountering that monster for real; no need to attack or sting me!


4 posted on 03/20/2015 5:11:42 PM PDT by odds
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Oh I don’t know, there are some big ass catfish in the world. Sturgeon can get pretty big as well.


5 posted on 03/20/2015 5:15:00 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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So, a show called "Ocean's Mysteries" caught a giant FRESHWATER fish? Where?

I know it said Thailand, but as far as I know the seas around Thailand are saltwater.

And I am NOT going to go to the Huffington Post, at least without a hazmat suit.

6 posted on 03/20/2015 5:17:44 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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Quick, did they find the closest abortion clinic? I bet they hate to see that stingray burdened with a baby.


7 posted on 03/20/2015 5:20:19 PM PDT by dforest
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Interesting. I wonder how they determined that it was pregnant with two fetuses. I also wonder if stingray fetuses are cannibals like their shark cousins.

Sharks get pregnant with multiple offspring. However, they fight each other in the womb, and the winner eats the losers, so that the shark only gives birth to one.

Fish are brutal.


8 posted on 03/20/2015 5:21:49 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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I wonder how they’re defining “biggest” here. She’s 14 feet long but half of that is probably the stinger. By weight I’ll bet there are bigger fresh water fish that have been caught.


9 posted on 03/20/2015 5:24:15 PM PDT by Yardstick
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This site ranks the species at number 3 with a top weight of 1300 lbs.

It ranks the Beluga Sturgeon at number 1. (The largest recorded beluga sturgeon was almost 20 feet long and over 7,000 pounds.)

http://www.conservationinstitute.org/10-largest-biggest-fresh-water-fish-in-the-world/


10 posted on 03/20/2015 5:26:13 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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I always thought that sting rays were saltwater fish.
15 posted on 03/20/2015 6:58:41 PM PDT by amnestynone (A big government conservative is just a corporatist who is not paying enough taxes.)
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Wasn’t this what killed the Croc guy?


17 posted on 03/21/2015 6:24:45 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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