Guinness recognise giant stingray
Publication date 01 October 2023 | 21:03 | ICT

A 300kg giant freshwater stingray (Urogymnus polylepis) – found in Siem Bok district’s Koh Preah commune of Stung Treng province in the Mekong River last year – has been officially recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world’s

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