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Pregnant Stingray May Be Largest Freshwater Fish Ever Caugh
KTLA ^ | MARCH 17, 2015 | Kennedy Ryan

Posted on 03/20/2015 5:01:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A massive stingray, measuring 8 feet across and 14 feet long, could be the largest freshwater fish ever found.

Scientists working on Jeff Corwin’s show “Ocean Mysteries”

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According to National Geographic, the stingray was pregnant with two fetuses, the Huffington Post reported.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: marinebiology

1 posted on 03/20/2015 5:01:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

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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To: nickcarraway

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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To: nickcarraway

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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To: nickcarraway

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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To: nickcarraway
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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To: nickcarraway

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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To: nickcarraway

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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To: nickcarraway

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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To: lee martell

I recall looking at the Gulf Coast from a 10-story balcony. Along came a school(?) of stingrays, perhaps 6-8 of them. From the 10th -floor (and 100 feet from the water) they still looked HUGE!. They were pretty close in too - just a bit farther than where the waders were. Much larger than than the people. (The beach dropped off pretty quick). It was an amazing thing to seem them “flying” like a squadron.


11 posted on 03/20/2015 5:31:24 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: 21twelve

Probably mantas


12 posted on 03/20/2015 6:07:56 PM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: lee martell

reminds me of an episode of River Monsters- that was a big Sting Ray as well. https://youtu.be/J7QuwVlJgWw


13 posted on 03/20/2015 6:16:40 PM PDT by zadox (Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Reagan)
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To: cport

Oh - your right - I think I knew that at the time. They were really dark. So cool.


14 posted on 03/20/2015 6:53:42 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: nickcarraway
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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To: amnestynone; All
"I always thought that sting rays were saltwater fish.

Yeah, me too... But apparently there are both:
From Wikipedia:

Stingrays are common in coastal tropical and subtropical marine waters throughout the world. Some species, such as Dasyatis thetidis, are found in warmer temperate oceans, and others, such as Plesiobatis daviesi, are found in the deep ocean. The river stingrays, and a number of whiptail stingrays (such as the Niger stingray), are restricted to fresh water.

16 posted on 03/20/2015 8:20:10 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: nickcarraway

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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To: Lx

yes


18 posted on 03/21/2015 9:32:53 AM PDT by odds
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