Wednesday 25 February 2009

Do Not Mess With Fish 52!

and you thought fish were fun! well angler and conservationist Ian Welch did when he hooked this stingray in the Mekong river here in Thailand, it weighed in at over 750 pounds (340 kilograms) the biologist was helping with a stingray tagging programme on the Mekong River, when he hooked and landed the fish it was put it in a paddling pool, tagged and a DNA sample was taken before releasing it, the giant freshwater ray is listed as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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