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Lately, Thai adventure tourism impresarios have been promoting giant freshwater stingrays as a fun challenge for sport fishermen because of their impressive size and reputation for fighting hard when hooked. One Web site likens trying to land a giant freshwater stingray with battling a submarine. The companies are not always as forthcoming about the potential risks of tangling with one of the bigger specimens, who've been known to pull boats upstream and even underwater. Though a giant freshwater stingray won't target and attack a human, when confronted, it's capable of inflicting a gruesome injury. The 15-inch barb on the base of its tail can penetrate flesh and bone as easily as an arrow. If you're going after one of these behemoths, be sure to use heavy tackle, since they can snap a lighter line. Also, be prepared to come home with a good story about how the big one got away. Once a stingray manages to get back down to the river bottom, it's almost impossible to move. Most fishermen cut bait after several exhausting and fruitless hours of struggle. |
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