giant stingray

as usual, am too fascinated with weird or extraordinary animals news, that i had to blog about it, haha.

more or less bout a british biologist who succeed , with the help of 13 other men, to land a giant stingray. read more here.



omigod, isnt she HUGE?? phew serammm..
yeaps, its a she, and pregnant too! takut kan... she was very2 resistant when Ian first hooked her (duh).

some excerpt--

'It buried itself on the bottom. I tried with every ounce of power but it just would not budge. After half an hour my arms began shaking and after an hour my legs went.

'Another 30 minutes went by and then I put a glove on and physically pulled the line with gritted teeth.'

Once the stingray was off the bottom, it was relatively easy to lift it 30ft to the surface, said Mr Welch, 45.

'As soon as we saw it there was just silence because everyone was just in awe of this thing.'

Eventually the group towed the ray to the bank, put it in a paddling pool, tagged it and took DNA, before releasing it.

The giant freshwater ray is listed as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

(baru tau steve irwin crocodile hunter tu mati sbb kene ikan pari. ingat kene makan dgn buaye. huhu)

and omg, is that really her eyes??!!
seramm muke dia mcm garang gile!! huhuuu


i always have this eerie feeling bout this ikan pari. i think its a very emotional creature (from the pic above we can see that she 's like berkerut already .pehh seram) . theyre like cute, but very mysterious and yet dangerous in their own way.

and from these pics, baru la 1st time nampak mata dia (if thats really her eyes)


ok thats a wrap :)
have a nice friday tomorrow oraittss :))