fishosaur.com: Giant fish pictures from Thailand
The home of huge creatures.
A world record stingray - weighing a massive 771 pounds and measuring 7' in diameter with a 10' tail - was recently spotted in Thailand posing with freshwater biologist boffin Ian Welch and his pals (link, link, link). The stingray initially resisted the posing, even going as far as dragging Welch across his boat. He (Welch) was there to tag...
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Pictured above is the fish that holds the world's record for largest freshwater fish, a whopping 646 pounds. Specifically, it's a Mekong giant catfish. Giant fish researchers - led by Zeb Hogan of the WWF and University of Wisconson - tried to save it so it could spawn yet again, but it died and was consumed by hungry villagers....
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Pictured to the right is one of the kings of huge piscatorial creatures, the Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas). It can get up to 10' long and weigh as much as 660 pounds. As the AP reported, these are now a critically endangered species....
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