Early in the morning around 2:00am a fishing boat near Hainan Sanya in China caught what is likely to be one of the largest stingrays ever caught.
Casting nets, the fishermen caught a 3,300 lbs Stingray, which took about 3 hours to pull back into the boat. The net was strong enough to hold the huge fish, but the struggle cause the stingray to die.
The stingray measured about 16 1/2 foot in width.
The fishermen tied the stingray to the back of the boat and dragged it back to their dock. It remained in perfect condition even though it was dead for many hours.
The fisherman was able to sell the stingray for around $1,500 since they have a high commercial value.
Stingray’s liver can be made into fish oil, the bones and intestines are used in medical fish powder, and the meat is a delicacy in most restaurants.
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This thing is HUGE. Probably eats killer whales for breakfast
its a maneray
What exactly is a mantaray or maneray? Just bigger than a sting ray or what?
Correction: “‘ate’ killer whales…”
retard
Is this the real picture of the stingray or it’s a fake pic ?
I see the kid very calmed :S
It is a real picture, but it is a mantaray, not a stingray as caption shows.
Its dead
It’s a Manta ray. They reach 20ft across and eat plankton. One of the most harmless critters out there. Pity they kill everything over there.
agreed!! it makes me really sad that they just kill everything, regardless of the fact that this is an amazingly huge and beautiful animal.
this is why it is imperative that we kill all chinese as soon as possible
haha
Too bad the chinese will be your overlords very soon.
why does everything have to be killed that is the biggest thing in the ocean? Or the biggest thing on land? Why do men ALWAYS have to kill it? ie: hogzilla, the grizzly, great whites, this ray??? Why can’t people just leave things alone & let them live out their lives in peace???
Shut up…Humans are omnivoruos. Get used to it. If you haven’t by now you probably need to get a shrink to help you understand that you are a human and as such you should not only be a kind steward of the animals but that you SHOULD also eat them…….
Besides, they taste so good, especially when served with a salad to compliment my omnivorous diet.
/healthier than you
//happier than you for sure
///worried about more important things
Obviously,you are of the ‘Asian Pursuasion’,but I would suggest that you keep your inane comments to yourself,as you are probably languishing in the ‘Lower Intellectual Section’ of average humans that dwell on this ball of dirt.
Read the article Manny. They said it’s already dead and being towed back to dock.
Actually if you had read the article you would have read that it was alive when they caught it but died as they struggled for 3 hours to get it in the boat. So if they had wanted they could have let it go. On the other hand when you live in a poor country you do what you have to to make a living.
he was talking to manny, not the dudes commenting about killing things
You should read the article Manny, It died after they caught it and struggled in the net. I agree with Barry it is a pity they killed it…
C’mon Manny, people are about to hunt you down, wet their pants, and then teach you to read! God… only a couple thousand people have died in Georgia within the last few days, who really cares if you can read? Manny keep on not finishing articles and only looking at photos…P.S Hot Karl and Laura are pretty upset.
nasty
Read the article, KARL — It died struggling in the net. Stupid ass.
It looks big, but not huge. I would bet that between translation and exaggeration the size and weight have probably doubled. If that is a kid riding the dead ray, perhaps it is 3m (ten feet) across? Remember, these are fishermen telling this story.
Anyway, you should have seen the size of the stingray that got away!
As Barry said, it’s not a sting ray, it’s a manta ray. It might help to at least look at the picture before writing an article on it. They’re completely harmless and considered Near Threatened.
uummm.. Barry’s right… that’s not a stingray, it’s a manta. if this was a stingray, that’d be impressive.
Appears to be a manta ray, not a stingray. Also, no ray has bones as their skeletal system is made up of cartilage.
i’m glad somebody realized that it not a stingray nad that manta’s don’t have bones. It’s nice to see that out of all the chaos in the world somebody gives a shit about one big ass manta ray. Give me a break how ’bout you shead a tear for the deaths taking place during the civil unrest in Georgia
CHAOS in the world brought on by…
stupid humans
playing stupid games
winning stupid prizes…
Manta ray R.I.P.
“The fisherman was able to sell the stingray for around $1,500 since they have a high commercial value.”
Hell the crab fishermen on TV get $1500 for a couple of crabs, these dudes get $1500 for this monster? They got jobbed.
It’s a Manta Ray; as already noted they eat plankton - while they have the long tail similar to a Sting Ray, they have no barb. They dragged a pretty much defenseless creature to it’s death.
It was 3,300lbs and spent it’s days committing genocide on defensless plankton. I, for one, am glad to see this monstrosity put to good use - dinner and male enhancement magic.
I agree…I need wood lube!
Stingrays may exceed 6 feet in width and 14 in length, according to Wikipedia.
‘nough said…
-dc
Buicks may exceed 6 feet in width and 14 in length too, but that isn’t a picture of a Buick either.
So not ‘nough said…
Looks like there will be a sale on sea scallops at walmart new week.
THAT was funny.
CRIKEY!!!
OK, maybe this thing will check out on Snopes.com?
Seems rather large for a stingray.
Wow people seriously can’t distinguish between a Sting Ray and a Manta Ray? That’s pathetic… It’s clearly a giant baby seal and you all should be ashamed of yourselves. I know because I raise them in my backyard only to club them at 2 months.
Two months is too young to go clubbing. Wait until they are 18, dude.
Fifteen hundred dorrah? Oh ok! Me rove you rong time!
Hi! Noticed you all are having trouble identifying this particular ray. Infact it is a Himantura chaophraya, a type of giant freshwater whipray. It is found in the Mekong River which is home to another giant, the Mekong giant catfish. They top 600 lbs!!!
It is infact not a Himantura chaophraya. The record for the largest Himantura chaophraya was 200lbs. It is a manta ray. The easiest was to tell the difference is its mouth, which on a manta is at the front of the head while on a Himantura chaophraya it is under the body. The color is also different Himantura chaophraya is a mud brown color with no spots or highlighted fin tips like the manta above.
This is not a Himantura chaophraya. Himantura chaophraya have round wings. This is quite obviously a Manta Ray.
Ha shows what you all know. These things have the largest Barb of all Stingray. Manta my foot these things will eat your baby seals and chinese babies too.
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/giant-stingray930.html
Look at the bottom. 230 kgs biggest STINGRAY ever caught on land, possibly. Freshwater anyways.
i cant believe they let it die. It could have gone to a very good aquarium or studied then released
Would the critter have voted for Obama?
Aww they killed it. I can’t believe they let it die. The poor defenseless creature. It’s a shame. It’s a pity. - No it’s a pity ppl can’t pull their heads from their asses and realize that these ppl are poor and hungry and this is their livelihood. The hypocrisy - they probably kill 50 smaller ones a day and nothing gets said, but they kill one big one (probably earning them enough money to feed their families for a week) and they’re heartless savages. It’s a fish. Fish get eaten. Get over it already.
No because hes poor and the busses don’t run on election day in his part of town. Not to mention he ‘lived” in China. And BTW, anyone who eats meat know that the younger the better, this thing would be tough as hell, with very little boner power.
Perhaps there will be more boner power on election day in China?
I actually think it’s a manta ray, not a stingray… the difference is with its mouth. Stingray mouths are located under them/under their body, whereas manta ray mouths are located infront of their faces.. like that ^ , make any sense? No, not really…
humans at its best. They see a rare creature, they kill it for profit. Why can’t we just leave things alone? Nature killed the dinosaurs… nature will kill us too.
I think you should read ALL of the comments before posting your own. What, is your comment worth reading, yet the five before you that said the same exact thing arent? Get over yourself. At least say you agree with that person.. its like that Chris Rock movie “head of state” where his character says “Damn, it’s hot out”, and the guy next to him says “Yea, and it’s hot out, too!” GRRRRRRR! Anyhoo, Deathbywords hit it right on.. There are much bigger problems, like the US and Russia running over random countries to show their might to the likes of eachother, Iran, China, etc….. Speaking as a father, I would like to see the world give peace a REAL chance, not just this BS version of fighting an open-ended war against an idea (terrorism) that can be changed to fit the enemy of the month. We’re not free, haven’t been for a while.. let’s focus people!
I agree with poormanta. Let’s kill the best specimens of a species and then wonder why we no longer have them.
They kill female babies, dolphins and political dissidents over there. You think a manta ray gets a pass?
Seriously, what the hell is wrong with the Chinese?? When are they going to realize that all their ridiculous ‘medicines’ made up of ground animal parts do nothing? With their economy booming and more Chinese able to afford these ‘medicines’, we’ll probably see 1/2 the world’s animals over hunted and endangered (or gone) within the next decade
My only comment to that is that it is hard to argue with a civilization that has lasted over 4000 years and has nearly two billion people.
Wow, good one there, blame the Chinese for the extinction of animals. I guess we’ll just ignore the millions of trees in the Amazon being cut down illegally in South America to continue fueling the United State’s capitalist decadence.
I’m so glad to see that Americans are so insightful.
Those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes, comrade!
I find it funny that when an ignorant comment like this is made, everyone else on the forum assumes that they’re “American”. For all you know they could be Canadian, British, hell they could be from Japan for all you know; not that it matters. Point and case, people are people, there’s good and bad, intelligent and dimwitted, informed and ignorant in any country we talk about. Your assumptions on the nationality of Mr ‘Griffin’ are no less ignorant that the comments he made, the reason you failed to realize that fact is that his ignorance is distasteful to you; yours are equally distasteful to me.
That is why most of the countries on that side of the planet are called 3rd world.
Killing a creature of that type for $1500.00 is ignorant, which is the way most of that side of the world is.
It would have been better if the world really was flat, then that side would not be there.
Hey you morons, there are wars being fought, human rights being violated, people starving, and a whole myriad of real stories and real problems out there. Giving idiots like this even a line of text is a crime.
If a line of text is a crime, what’s a couple of sentences gonna land you? 5 to 10?
Stop being a tough guy on the internet. All you PETA, tree hugging faggots need to stop feeling bad for a fucking fish. The real ignorant thing is you believing that your opinions will spread farther than weirdasiannews.com … I mean c’mon it’s fucking called weird asian news… The only way I found this was fark…
Also you’re pretty fucking ignorant to think that because fishing is part of the chinese economy then they are 3rd world? are you kidding me?! They will be ten times more efficient with this animal than any american company ever could. The liver, bones (cartilage) and probably much more will be used for some product over there, where as if some arrogant american caught this SOB it’d be stuffed and hung from his cathedral ceiling.
There, I wrote more than you, did I bump up to felony status now?
Chuck Norris would use that stingray as a burrito for his lunch.
Thats no stingray its a manta ray… very calm creatures, you can ride em if your quick enough.
That is a manta Ray. Get your reporting right.
i want to ride it like a surfboard! shred the waves with the manta ray! Shyaaa.
You guys are blaming the fisherman for pulling in their nets? Like they knew it was in there. They probably thought they had the motherload and 3 hours later were like holy cow, look at that. I doubt they were targeting manta rays. At least they made some coin to put some food in their human family’s mouths.
My thoughts exactly. Maybe if people would start thinking about fishing with nets, they’d know it isn’t like they can choose every fish they can catch with them.
Also the ray was so big that it was bound to get caught at some point. If not, it would die at the bottom of the ocean and end up getting eaten by other fishies, while everyone would be completely oblivious of its existence.
Steve Irwins worst nightmare.
THAT is the best thing i’ve read all day.
IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A MANTA RAY TO ME, NOT A STINGRAY. A STINGRAY IS MUCH MORE COMMON THAN THE EXTREMELY RARE GIANT MANTA.
I CAN WRITE IN CAPITALS TOO
HEY LOOK AT ME
I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STINGRAY AND A GIANA MANTA.
YAYAYAY
What the hell!? They find this animal for the first time, and the only way they can express themselves is to kill it?!
Nuke those bastards! and by the way, who ever the idiot was that called it a stingray?! its a manta you moron, stingrays dont live in open ocean, nor have those beaks in the front.
Idiot, go read a encyclopedia.
I’m going to “express myself” by eating some seafood.
By the way, it’s AN encyclopedia.
Go read a grammar textbook, genius.
your all so ignorant, that creature is clearly a fuegan battle fish, they have a range of 1600 miles without re fueling and can launch flares to draw away heat seaking missiles. as a wise man once said “the truth is the truth, even if your in a minority of one”. i dont think that saying has ever been more relevant.
I heard it had a six foot austrailian conserationist hanging from it’s tail..
sorry, I just coudn’t reisist. If you are a southpark fan, then you’d know that he was probably trying to poke his thumb in his butt…
so sorry… LMAO…
seriously.. sorry..
whups..that’d be conservationist..
I could hear it now.. ‘CRIKEY, this ray’s peesed off… UGH!!!”