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Giant Fresh Water Stingray

Picture of Jeff Corwin and his team releasing an 800-pound stingray

This giant fresh water stingray might be the biggest fresh water fish ever caught. The fish was 7.9 feet wide and 14 feet long and was estimated to weight between 700 and 800 pounds.

Read the full story at the  National Geographic

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