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We have finally managed to get some Giant freshwater stingray footage onto youtube. The footage is of an extremely poor quality and shows a large giant freshwater stingray that the fishsiam team grounded on the banks of the Ban Pakong river some months ago.We estimate this fish (2.2m)to weigh in the region of 180-200kg.The fish was beaten after an epic six hour battle which required fifteen anglers to tame the mighty beast. Look at the size of the barb on the thing!!This was the second fish of the day with the team catching an estimated 120kg specimen earlier in the day.We are currently editing much better High definition footage which we will be appearing on our site in the coming weeks.
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This week the fishsiam team was joined by emminent fish biologist Dr.Zeb Hogan(megafishes project)and Nat Geo news writer Stefan Lovgren in search of Giant freshwater stingray.Over a four day period the team landed four individual specimens with estimated weights to 130-140kg(1.75m).A large female was observed to be heavily pregnant after capture and whilst being handled in the margins gave birth to a live new born measuring a mere 34cm.The fish were promptly returned to the river together after a short examination by Dr.Hogan and photography.The entire events were captured on video which will be released in the coming weeks.We believe this to be the only recorded Giant freshwater stingray birth in a natural and wild enviroment ever and an encouraging sign for such an understudied and obscure species.We will be continuing our efforts on the Ban Pakong River in the coming months.The team has already accounted for 25 individual specimens in a period of ten months from two of Thailands wildest and unexplored river systems.
