It was this big! Fishermen hook giant endangered stingray

Not a pool of water: A female giant freshwater stingray – weighing 180kg and measuring 3.96m in length – that was caught and released in the Mekong River. — AFP

Fishermen on the Mekong River got a shock when they inadvertently hooked an endangered giant freshwater stingray four metres long and weighing 180kg, scientists said.

The female leviathan, one of South-East Asia’s largest and rarest species of fish, was caught by accident last week in Stung Treng province when it swallowed a smaller fish that had taken a baited hook.