A record weight for a skate freshwater 180 kg caught in Thailand

This is a unique captured last month in the river to Ban Pakong 80 km east of Bangkok. This giant named Himantura chaophraya had a wingspan of 2.4m with a weight of 180 kg. He was captured by a British Tom Parker began to relax its taken with having fought with his comrades for more than 4 hours.

Stingrays are characterized by their bodies and their fins dish-shaped wing. They live mainly in the deep seabed, may in many cases they live therefore freshwater. Stingrays feed on fish and crustaceans. Some species have a stinger at the end of their tails whose stings are sometimes fatal to humans.
Surprisingly, 12 small giant rays were captured in recent months in the Ban Pakong River and into the river while the Mekkong this animal was extremely rare. We even thought that his case had been extinguished in Southeast Asia. So it's a good sign of revival for these rivers that have been severely affected by pollution.