Giant Smalleye Stingray

New footage of the world's largest stingray.

Thanks to Hunter for bringing this to our attention.

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(or her). Wow.

Beautiful. The amazing things you can only see underwater.

Thank you for sharing this.

By Canadian Curmudgeon (not verified) on 17 Nov 2009 #permalink

where was this seen?