Day 12 Devil Rays

7:23am Guinjata: gill net was brought up by two fishermen. In it were two Devil Rays.

One female 1.09 m wing span with baby (birthed prematurely under the stress of being caught in the net), baby 26cm wing span.
Second ray was male weighing 16.9kg wing span 1.19 m 

Fishermen untangle gill net

Male Devil Ray weighing 16.9kg

Premature baby Devil Ray

Fishermen cutting out a vertebrae for us, we use the vertebrae to determine the age of the ray.

Gill rakers of the female ray.