Stingray weighs more than a ton to frighten Brazilian fishermen

The manta stingray is nearly three meters long and is about the size of a car that nearly capsizes a Brazilian fisherman's boat.

Stingray weighs more than a ton caught on the net when 37-year-old fisherman Pedro Ricardo Xavier is 0.8 km off the coast of southern Brazil's Itajai, reported on July 14.

The massive stingray almost flips the boat.(Video: YouTube).

"I have never seen anything this large in size in more than 25 years of fishing. It was huge and I was terrified because it was much bigger than my little boat , " Xavier said. share.

"I plan to cut the steel wire connected to the net to release the stingray, but it is in danger of getting stuck in the steel wire and dying. So I decided to paddle to the shore to release it safely and ask for help" Xavier said.

But before Xavier returned to the shore, the stingray pulled the small fisherman's boat for two hours while he struggled to find a way to get rid of it."The stingray is really strong and I am very worried that I can be dragged further into the sea and overturned when the stingray struggles to escape," Xavier said.

The stingray pulled the small fisherman's boat for two hours.

Finally, Xavier successfully brought the boat back to shore. He was helped by the seafarers and other fishermen to release the stingray to the sea. The incident was filmed in May by locals gathered to watch the scene.

According to Rodrigo Mazzoleni oceanographer, manta rays are threatened with extinction and rarely occur off the coast of southern Brazil. Manta stingrays may be eating small shrimps near the shore when caught in nets.