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    Giant Stingray caught

    if this wasn't from Nat Geog I'd be thinking scam.



    Fishers and scientists announced this week the catch, and release, of what is likely the world's largest known freshwater giant stingray.

    The giant stingray, weighing an estimated 550 to 990 pounds (250 to 450 kilograms) was reeled in on January 28, 2009, as part of a National Geographic expedition in Thailand.

    The stringray's body measured 6.6 feet (2 meters) wide by 6.9 feet (2.1) meters long. The tail was missing. If it had been there, the ray's total length would have been between 14.8 and 16.4 feet (4.5 and 5 meters), estimated University of Nevada Biologist Zeb Hogan.

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    Turf Toe:
    - "...turf toe is a common malady that is more of a nuisance than a serious injury."
    - "Turf toe can often progress into a chronic problem..."
    - "A mild instance of turf toe (grade 1) can be merely aggravating while a serious case (grade 3) can be debilitating."
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    #2
    Re: Giant Stingray caught

    It shows how large the world is and how little advanced our technology is, when we find stuff like this and the giant squid found last year...that these creatures can roam about undetected by us, quite extraordinary.

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      #3
      Re: Giant Stingray caught

      Very interesting, but gives me the heebie jeebies all at the same time.

      I'm always creeped out in water and not knowing what could be swimming by me.

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        #4
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        We are finding massive creatures that were thought to be extinct or non existant in the oceans yet much of the scientific world remains steadfastily defiant that a creature similar to Giantopithecus ( we know them as bigfoot) could exist despite the staggering amounts of physical and eyewitness evidence.
        I will not, for a moment longer, support an organization who chooses to cowardly kneel where they once fiercely & proudly stood

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          Re: Giant Stingray caught

          Originally posted by Diesel View Post
          We are finding massive creatures that were thought to be extinct or non existant in the oceans yet much of the scientific world remains steadfastily defiant that a creature similar to Giantopithecus ( we know them as bigfoot) could exist despite the staggering amounts of physical and eyewitness evidence.
          Most of those were just sightings of Hec Pothier though.


          Turf Toe:
          - "...turf toe is a common malady that is more of a nuisance than a serious injury."
          - "Turf toe can often progress into a chronic problem..."
          - "A mild instance of turf toe (grade 1) can be merely aggravating while a serious case (grade 3) can be debilitating."

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            #6
            Re: Giant Stingray caught

            Originally posted by Spectacle View Post
            Very interesting, but gives me the heebie jeebies all at the same time.

            I'm always creeped out in water and not knowing what could be swimming by me.
            or who... in the case of Rayminator!
            Turf Toe:
            - "...turf toe is a common malady that is more of a nuisance than a serious injury."
            - "Turf toe can often progress into a chronic problem..."
            - "A mild instance of turf toe (grade 1) can be merely aggravating while a serious case (grade 3) can be debilitating."

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              #7
              Re: Giant Stingray caught

              Originally posted by TurfToe View Post
              The tail was missing.
              There's got to be a Steve Irwin joke in there somewhere....

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                #8
                Re: Giant Stingray caught

                I knew I left that thing somewhere.
                Out of my mind; back in five minutes.

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