TruemorsAt six feet wide, this stingray seems to measure up as a monster of the deep.
But if you think it's the king of the stingers, think again.
Legend has it that in the rivers of Cambodia there are others with wingspans of 14 feet.
The pictured stingray was caught in the Maeklong River by U.S. biologist Zeb Hogan, 34, who is on a worldwide quest for the largest freshwater fish.
Mr Hogan is being guided by Rick Humphreys, a Briton who runs a fishing company in Cambodia.
Mr Humphreys has long dreamt of finding an enormous ray and said of this one: 'It's a start. There are a lot bigger ones than that.'
Quest to find the world's biggest freshwater fish lands a 6-foot stingray... a mere tiddler!
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"At six feet wide, this stingray seems to measure up as a monster of the deep. But if you think it's the king of the stingers, think again. Legend has it that in the rivers of Cambodia there are others with wingspans...
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