Two doozies in a row brought to you today by our good friend Kevin Zelnio of Deep Sea News and The Other 95%. The first is this awesomeness:
Amazing video of a giant freshwater stingray caught in Thailand and covered as part of National Geographic's Megafishes Project. This specimen measured 14ft long but fisherman in Thailand and Cambodia claim they can grow many times larger. Little is known about these freshwater giants but if the fishermen are to be believed (and why would a fishermen ever exaggerate a fish's size?!), these stingrays, also known as whip rays, could be the world's largest freshwater fish. Read more on the NGC site.
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From the NCSE:
"At a contentious public meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio, the district school board scheduled a hearing on whether to fire teacher John Freshwater.
You all might remember a few months ago, a fellow named 'John Freshwater' was in the news.
Remember the case of John Freshwater, the Ohio science teacher who burned a cross into a student's arm and decorates his desk with Christian kitsch?
That's not right. That's just not right. I'm...I'm never going into the ocean again.
haha thats amazing. but yeah i agree... another reason to avoid swimming in deep water!
Holy Toledo!
Zach, thats "freshwater stringray"...
Oceans, lakes, rivers or streams, I'm staying away! :-)
More Giant freshwater stingray research by Dr.Zeb Hogan and the Fishsiam team in Thailand can be seen at the following:
http://www.fishsiam.com