The cruel truth behind the strange black strange object

Visiting a gastronomic neighborhood in the Philippines, a male tourist saw a strange, black-shaped object on sale.

Accordingly, this male tourist named Sean. He traveled in the Philippines and visited a local food street. Here, Sean found a shop owner holding a strange-shaped black object to greet passersby.

Sean was curious about the strange object like a steel wire intertwined and had a little resemblance to the lungs, so he approached.

The shape carries two mouthed rays after being dried.

The shop owner led him to the second floor. Here Sean sees on the roof of the house very much and also uses a fixed net. Newly seen, this object is like a piece of meat with two colors, black and red, above it with blood, obviously not dry. But long observation Sean still doesn't know what animal meat is.

Following the store owner, Sean also saw dozens of pieces of meat stacked on the floor to be very dirty.

Two-mouth rays are cut by the hunter.

Curious about this item, Sean asked the tour guide and learned that this is a two-mouth stingray (sea demon) cut by a hunter using a sharp knife, then dried.

It is known that this fish has the scientific name Manta birostris , with swimming fins that can reach 7.6m and reach a weight of more than 2,300kg. It is quite gentle and rarely attacks humans.

This fish is over-hunted and is at risk of extinction.

In some Asian countries, people believe that two-mouth rays can be used to help boost the immune system such as reducing toxins and enhancing blood circulation in the body. A mature two-mouth stingray can get 7kg of dry gills and sell for nearly $ 470 / kg to the Chinese market. Therefore, this fish is over-hunted and is at risk of extinction.