Whoa Nellie! That Thing Is Huge!
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Last week a fishing boat near Hainan Sanya in China caught what is likely to be one of the largest rays ever caught.
The fishermen netted a 3,300 lb Devil Ray, which took about 3 hours to pull back into the boat. The net was strong enough to hold it, but the 16.5 feet wide ray died in the struggle.
The fishermen tied the it to the back of their boat, dragged it back to their dock and sold it for about $1,500.
Devil ray’s bring in a lot of dough… the 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.
R.I.P. giant devil ray.
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Oh look, something really cool. Let’s kill it.
So typical of the Asian culture.
TOTALLY uncaring about anything but themselves.
Monsters.
KILL IT, KILL IT NOW… It’s Giant – therefore we must kill it…
$$$ Money Hungry Idiots… Don’t they realize they are fishing themselves out of their livelihood.
Wow how sad, it is so beautiful!!! What a waste, it’s not like they need it to live off of…medical powders?? How ridiculus!
this is really disgusting. i just don’t understand how they can get away with this. it is incredibly rude. $1500 is nothing compared to how old and rare it was. terrible.
Look! It’s gigantic! Let’s slaughter it for bullcrap medical powders & other useless stuff. How cool it would have been to tag it and study it and film it… RIP all of the cool stuff out there, humans will get you.
How sad
This is criminal! Such a unique, beautiful, PRICELESS creature had to die for $1500. What a complete and utter joke. A hex on those who did this!
I bet there is more than one out there its just hidin. Probally has a mom and dad maybe a sister or brother. They probally even said dont go near that boat you mite get killed. Then it probally said back Im my own stingray look how big I am Im runnin this ocean. Then they said fine go then stupid, Im tellin mom! Man he shouldve listen.They killed Crocidile Steve Remember, Its just justice. Now were even.
seriously, T.Karpinski? Grow up.
Dang I caught one bigger than that and sold it for less. *sigh looks like I’ll have to go back to slaying baby seals
FFS STEVEIRWIN WAS KILLED BY A MANTA RAY NOT A DEVIL RAY
Who ever complians about the cruelty to this fish better not eat meat. Cows and chickens are mutilated for your eating pleasure daily. Leave it to ingorant people to make fun of another nations for their beliefs. typical!!!!!!!!!!!
wow lets see there are prob alot more stingrays out there it isnt going to hurt killing just one i mean come on and who said they werent going to try to release it they said it got caught in the net and died struggling to get out. give me a break ppl dont yall know P.E.T.A stands for people eating tasty animals.
Hey Damien, Americans kill plenty of things too. We probably have killed more than anyone else and destroyed more then anyone else. Don’t be so ignorant with general comments about Asians in general. I am Asian American and I love animals. Anyhow,we’re not all monsters you ass.
geeeesus, give it a rest, yeah its sad but, at the same time these people depend on fishing, as their only source of income risking life and limb!!! so brave of you wellfed we’ve got anything our hearts desire, playstations,springbreak in cancun, a car of myself, a collegefund whatever so ive got all the time to sit around and be a animalloving bsh*tter, that after typing his/her bohoo how sad comment.takes the car for a spin to collect a happymeal, cuz yeah i deserve it for being such a great progressive thinking person living in the free world, go fuck yourselfs. ya spoilt mentally challenged r tards