Giant stingrays are similar in appearance to rays you usually find and have brownish tint. The biggest difference is that they live up to their name and grow to over 16 feet long which comes out to around 5 meters and weigh well over 1,300 pounds or 600 kilos! Many people know the stingray has a stinging barb on its tail. On the giant stingray, this barb can be 15 inches long. That works out to around 38 centimeters!

This is a giant stingray that is less than an hour old, the offspring of the giant in the other photograph.

Although giant stingrays are found in South East Asia, Borneo, Thailand, New Guinea, and northern Australia, not a lot is known about the creatures because, as incredible as it may sound, they weren't discovered until 1990. This much is known, their numbers are dwindling as their habitats are degraded.

Here's a cool video from National Geographic that tells a little more about these gigantic marvels.

Until next time--watch yourself and watch your line!

images from nationalgeographic.com

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Can fish hear?

September 25th 2008 00:09

Remember when you were a little kid, jabbering away as Grandpa was trying to wet a line?

"Shhhh. You'll scare the fish," he finally said in an exasperated tone.

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Fish eating alligator

April 9th 2008 00:58

All I can say is WoW! This is pretty cool!
I found this on Dailymotion. It's NOT gross so enjoy!

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New species discovered

December 20th 2007 05:25

While checking the National Geographic Site, I saw that biologists have discovered 57 new varieties of freshwater fish in Europe which would bring the total of known European species to 522. Many more undescribed fish are suspected to exist which would bring the total to 600 or more. The new species were discovered during a seven year study by the World Conservation Union (ICUN.)

57 varieties found in Europe. Think about that for a moment. Here are new species found in an area which we thought was well explored. The fish were found in what we call the “civilized world.” If new species were found on the ocean floor, I could understand it. But, in civilized Europe??? These findings have to make us question what we know and don’t know. Further, these discoveries put the probability of the Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman, and Bigfoot in a whole new light.
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