Cambodian fishermen hook enormous, endangered freshwater stingray 
KH Source: scmp 5/11/2022
Cambodian fishermen hook enormous, endangered freshwater stingray
Credit: AFP

The stingray, measuring four metres in length and weighing 180kg, was caught by accident after it swallowed a smaller fish that had taken a baited hook
An international team on the US-funded Wonders of the Mekong project worked to unhook the fish and return it unharmed to the river
 

Cambodian fishermen on the Mekong River got a shock when they inadvertently hooked an endangered giant freshwater stingray four metres long and weighing 180kg, scientists said on Wednesday.

The female leviathan, one of Southeast Asia’s largest and rarest species of fish, was caught by accident last week in Stung Treng province when it swallowed a smaller fish that had taken a baited hook.

 
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