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Mekong villagers land heaviest ever freshwater fish
Reuters ^ | 20 June 2022 | Kwang Jiraporn Kuhakan

Posted on 06/20/2022 1:28:19 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

The world's biggest freshwater fish, a giant stingray, that weighs 661 pounds (300 kilograms) is pictured with International scientists, Cambodian fisheries officials and villagers at Koh Preah island in the Mekong River south of Stung Treng province, Cambodia June 14, 2022

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To: SamAdams76

I hate scallops. Can they make it taste like chicken? Asking for a friend.


21 posted on 06/20/2022 2:35:32 PM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: jimwatx
I used to longline for halibut commercially in Alaska and we would often catch skates, which look like a sting ray and are not really worth any money. Their wings are pretty tasty, though - a bit like scallop meat. They have a stinger and my brother had one stab his foot right thru his rubber boot and it got infected but eventually healed.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/science-data/skate-research-alaska
22 posted on 06/20/2022 2:44:10 PM PDT by dainbramaged (What did the cook say when the rat fell into the chowder? "Better luck next time.")
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To: jimwatx

China used to have pink river dolphins. Then the rivers became too polluted and they went extinct, very recently. But hey, we have to get our cheap sh!t from somewhere, don’t we?


23 posted on 06/20/2022 2:44:57 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: lee martell
A. Is this Stingray still alive? How would we know?

I was curious myself. I assumed they cooked it up and ate it.

Per the article, it was tagged and released.

24 posted on 06/20/2022 2:47:39 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: packagingguy

There are freshwater dolphins in the Mekong in Cambodia:

https://www.wwf.org.kh/projects_and_reports2/mekong_dolphins/

They’re super cute, too!


25 posted on 06/20/2022 2:50:58 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: CatHerd

Yes and there are some in the Amazon, but the pink ones are gone unfortunately.


26 posted on 06/20/2022 2:54:21 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The largest sturgeon on record was a beluga female captured in the Volga Delta in 1827, measuring 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) long and weighing 1,571 kg (3,463 lb).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon


27 posted on 06/20/2022 2:57:23 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: dainbramaged

Several on this thread are saying they taste like scallops. I love scallops, so if that’s the case, I may take up fishing for them myself.


28 posted on 06/20/2022 3:02:19 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: packagingguy

Actually come to think of it I do remember something about pink freshwater dolphins. And I just saw a YouTube video about whales venturing inland in Washington state. I knew some ocean fish could handle brackish waters, but was surprised to hear some could survive in freshwater too. I haven’t fished since I was a kid so I’m not really up on these things.


29 posted on 06/20/2022 3:13:20 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: jimwatx

Good news! Still endangered, but not all gone, and lately making something of a comeback:

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/dolphins-white-pink-hong-kong-chinese-humpback-wwf-b446771.html

They’re still in the Gulf of Thailand, too:

https://thaiest.com/blog/pink-dolphins-at-khanom-beach-in-nakhon-si-thammarat

I do hope they can be saved.


30 posted on 06/20/2022 3:14:26 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: packagingguy

Oops! My #30 was meant for you.


31 posted on 06/20/2022 3:16:48 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Can’t wait for that camera whore Jeremy Wade to go hunting for the bigger “Monster Fish in the Mekong Delta”.........LOL!


32 posted on 06/20/2022 3:19:38 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
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To: CatHerd

Thanks! I wanted to take my kid to see the pink dolphins because she loves animals and her favorite color is pink.

I was going to show her pictures of the pink dolphins but didn’t want to have to tell her they are extinct. Good thing they found them alive.


33 posted on 06/20/2022 3:28:13 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: packagingguy

Aw, I hope she enjoys the pictures. I was a real animal lover as a girl, too (still am). I wanted to be a marine biologist and be like a female Jacque Cousteau. The 4th grade boys teased me about wanting to be a Marine like Gomer Pyle when I grew up, but they only meant it good-naturedly as a clumsy boyish 4th grade joke, so I didn’t mind, even thought it kinda funny for a boy joke.

That would be so cool to take her to see them!

They’ve been a tourist thing in Thailand for a long, long time. (Some thirty years ago, I was so tempted to go see them when I lived and worked almost directly across the Gulf from where they are — I did get to see other cool sea life from our boat there, though, and when I could get a chance to go snorkelling.)

I wonder if you will still be able to see the Pearl River ones in Hong Kong after boat traffic picking up again after Covid, though :(


34 posted on 06/20/2022 3:54:41 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: Rebelbase

Crikey!! She’s a beauty she is!


35 posted on 06/22/2022 10:56:44 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: jimwatx

Good question, there are bull sharks in Lake Nicaragua.


36 posted on 06/22/2022 10:59:24 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..

Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.


37 posted on 06/23/2022 7:57:54 AM PDT by SJackson (nations that are barren of liberties are also barren of groceries, Louis Fisher)
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To: SamAdams76

Yes....... but. I would suggest this old ray would be tough beyond measure

Are “deep sea” scollpps actially cut from rays as opposed to bay scollops that have classic shaped shells?


38 posted on 06/23/2022 8:05:26 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro-Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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