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First film of a 'giant' stingray
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| November 2009
| Matt Walker
Posted on 11/10/2009 4:44:12 PM PST by JoeProBono
Caught on film
It is one of the rarest giants of the ocean, and it has been caught on film for the first time.
An underwater camera crew filming for the BBC has recorded a smalleye stingray swimming off the coast of Mozambique.
The smalleye stingray is the largest of all 70 species of stingray, attaining widths of more than 2m.
The elusive creature, first discovered in 1908, has only ever been seen alive off Tofo in southern Mozambique.
Rare sight
Stingrays are cartilaginous fish that are related to sharks.
They occur is marine, freshwater and estuarine habitats and vary in size from the dwarf whipray (Himantura walga), which measures just 24cm wide, to the smooth or short-tail stingray (Dasyatis brevicaudata) which can grow over 2m wide.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: jpb; mozambique; smalleyestingray; stingray
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To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/10/2009 4:49:09 PM PST
by
optiguy
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.----- Ronald Reagan)
To: optiguy
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posted on
11/10/2009 4:51:05 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Steve Irwin can tell you all about Stingrays. They can be some bad boys.
To: JoeProBono
I wonder what something of that size feeds on? Would love to have its stinger in my trophy room.
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posted on
11/10/2009 4:55:36 PM PST
by
fso301
To: Parley Baer
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posted on
11/10/2009 4:56:35 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
My favorite Stingray.
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posted on
11/10/2009 4:57:45 PM PST
by
paulycy
(Kill The Bill.)
To: fso301
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posted on
11/10/2009 4:59:32 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
A beautiful and graceful creature; Michelle should take a lesson here.
Speaking about the zeros, the commercial before the vid came on was for the Amazing Head Shrinkers ... do you reckon we could hire them to do a number on bam?
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posted on
11/10/2009 5:00:44 PM PST
by
fujimoh
To: paulycy
sorry, but it's not a Stingray...
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posted on
11/10/2009 5:06:47 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
To: paulycy
My favorite Stingray. Not a Stingray. Corvette's didn't have the Stingray moniker until 1963.
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11/10/2009 5:09:06 PM PST
by
Plutarch
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/10/2009 5:10:33 PM PST
by
American Constitutionalist
(There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/10/2009 5:11:04 PM PST
by
American Constitutionalist
(There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
To: Plutarch; Chode
Not a Stingray. Corvette's didn't have the Stingray moniker until 1963. AH! Didn't know that.
Boy am I dumb.
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posted on
11/10/2009 5:15:48 PM PST
by
paulycy
(Kill The Bill.)
To: American Constitutionalist
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posted on
11/10/2009 5:16:29 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Crikey!! “E’s a whopper!! (I miss Steve Irwin.)
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posted on
11/10/2009 5:22:41 PM PST
by
JoeMac
("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!'' Popeye The SailorMan)
To: paulycy
but it's STILL a beauty...
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posted on
11/10/2009 5:48:19 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
To: paulycy
my two cents: I think the stingray moniker originally applied to the models that had that awesome V-shaped back, which gave it a sort of stingray look:
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/10/2009 7:28:43 PM PST
by
bravo whiskey
(If the little things really bother you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
To: JoeProBono
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