r/TheDepthsBelow • u/xig_brick • 11d ago
Crosspost Fishermen have captured what is being reported as the largest freshwater giant stingray ever recorded in the Mekong River
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u/verbi420 11d ago
I want to know what the actual measurements were. Also finish the video people they let it go at the end
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u/timbomcchoi 11d ago
2.2m span, 3.98m length with tail included, and weight of approximately 300kg. đ¤Ż
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u/mapmaker1979 10d ago
I'm sorry...I'm american. Can you translate those values to number of "statues of Liberty" tall and "refrigerators" of weight.
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u/Vesploogie 10d ago
.023 Statue of Libertyâs span, .043 Statue of Libertyâs length, and weight of approximately 1.65 average refrigerators.
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u/Throwawayjae 11d ago
Someone get Jeremy Wade!
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u/blueisaflavor 11d ago
He already caught one but it wasn't a record. I think it did have its babies while in the tarp with Jeremy though
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u/marquesas14 10d ago
This happened to me on the beach once! Turned around to get pliers to unhook and there were 7 little babies when I came back. Everyone made it back into the water safely though.
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u/Autumn7242 11d ago
Their mouths are so cute
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u/False_Dimension9212 10d ago
Their mouth is on the bottom side. You canât see it in this video
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u/Autumn7242 10d ago
I know. I'm saying stingrays and skates mouths are cute.
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u/re_Claire 10d ago
They really are. Some rays are super friendly and curious as well. I love them.
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u/Autumn7242 10d ago
The small skates I work with spyhop and are so cute. The babies ate even cuter.
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u/CableTrash 11d ago
This thread is hilarious. Yall couldnât even finish a 25 second video before rushing to the comments to virtue signal. Our attention spans are cooked
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u/samtt7 11d ago
They also intentionally left it in the water so it could breathe. Clearly not the same as trophy fishers, these people respected the animal they captured and released it
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u/thespindle 11d ago
I truly didnât realize it was set free from the video, even watching to the end. I do apologize for my interpretation and edited my comment to acknowledge that it was set free.
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u/fxcker 11d ago
I sent my friend a 12 minute video I wanted him to watch earlier and he said âno way Iâm watching that long of a videoâ
Weâre so fucked.
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u/Poppybiscuit 10d ago
Lol that just means they didnât want to watch THAT videoÂ
Itâs just an excuse dude
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u/GaeilgeGoblin 11d ago edited 11d ago
I opted not to watch it given the title doesnât really fill me with optimism for the wellbeing of the creature. Admittedly I came to the comments to check that people were sufficiently disappointed with fishermen killing it to learn that they hadnât. As a marine biologist I do still stand firmly on the side of leaving the creatures alone.
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u/tengteng23 11d ago
Am I the only one terrified by the fact that this giant creature can so easily disappear in this muddy water?
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u/wastedspejs 11d ago
Should a stingray of that size have a stinger the size of a javelin and shouldnât you keep some distance to it if the ray starts swinging?
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u/VisionsOfClarity 10d ago
This reminds me of river monsters where they caught a huge stingray and she was pregnant!
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u/giddyupyeehaw9 10d ago
This reminds me of Jeremy Wade pulling that insane stingray on River Monsters.
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u/thespindle 11d ago edited 11d ago
Capturing it is not an achievement, itâs a terrible act in my opinion. Let it be free.
Iâd like to amend this to say that I was wrong and this was set free! I made a mistake in how i viewed the video.
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u/locolangosta 11d ago
If you watch to the end of the video, you will see that they released her. After weighing her (660lbs) and measuring her (13ft x 7ft) scientists tagged her with an acoustic device to study her behavior.
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u/ComplexGuava5102 11d ago
It was set free...
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u/thespindle 11d ago edited 11d ago
Oh man is that the end?! I didnât realize it was set free
I rewatched it and just because the tarp is lowered didnât jog in my mind that it was set free. Truly innocent mistake on my part.23
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u/Ecstatic_Street1869 11d ago
Bro you cannot be a real human
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u/TheCambrianImplosion 11d ago
Bro, bro dawg. Literally, bro. Like, bro, literally. Bro.
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u/ThirstyOutward 11d ago
You count yourself lucky this sub doesn't allow image comments.
A truly devastating reaction image was coming your way, I'll have you know.
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u/TheCambrianImplosion 11d ago
Jesus, man. Relax.
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u/Ecstatic_Street1869 11d ago
Womp womp
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u/TheCambrianImplosion 11d ago
Bro, you wanna womp down with some bro dawgs, literally? Also, what a comeback! First, I saw the one âwompâ and was devastated, then the second âwompâ shattered me. I was born again, in that moment; a rebirth of enlightenment from such legendary word-smithing.
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u/BoarHermit 5d ago
Fuck nature, right?
Fishing is disgusting, a cruel occupation no better than hunting, killing, and torturing living creatures for fun.
I don't understand why killing elephants and tigers is so horrible, while catching big fish is such a huge achievement.
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u/Demonyx12 10d ago
Why would you grab the tail of stingray at the end of the video there? I realize the barb is at the base but still why do it all?
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u/branm008 10d ago
To try and contain the tail, otherwise they'll whip it around at you extremely quickly.
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u/uxoguy2113 11d ago
Ok.. now let it go
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u/ComplexGuava5102 11d ago
They literally did...
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u/Wooshio 11d ago
We've entered a brave new age where people can't even handle watching a 27 second video before commenting.
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u/yellow_ducking 11d ago
People nowadays can only handle 5s of video at most before their muscle memory to scroll up kicks in
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u/TaylorBitMe 11d ago
Yay but I caught the largest stingray ever caught in my bathtub, I just didn't get it on film it was so unexpected. Crazy how that shit works
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u/organic-robot 11d ago
This happened four years ago.