Zeb Hogan studies big fish – megafish that are at least six feet long and weigh 200 pounds. His quest to find, study, and protect the megafish has landed the University of Nevada, Reno researcher on w88 online live casino Geographic Channel’s fish-focused “Hooked” television series.
The star of the show “Hooked: Monster w88 online live casino of Thailand,” which airs Monday, July 6 at 10 p.m., is a giant sting-ray, perhaps the biggest freshwater w88 online live casino in the world, found last February in Thailand.
Hogan, along with his team of researchers and anglers on site at the time of capture, estimated the w88 online live casino’s weight to be between 550-770 pounds.
“I was surprised when I found out that there are still healthy populations of stingray in Thailand,” he said. “I was amazed by the size and do think that it could be a contender for the world's largest w88 online live casino.” Hogan is worried that this rare species is at risk from threats like pollution and overfishing.
“Even though the giant freshwater stingray is a huge aquatic predator capable of inflicting a deadly wound, it's really our actions that threaten the stingray and other w88 online live casino species, not the other way around” he said. “Seventy percent of w88 online live casino are endangered...and they need our help for survival.”
Hogan, who is also a w88 online live casino Geographic Explorer and Conservation Biologist, will be featured on a second show, “Hooked: Monster Fish of Mongolia” on Monday, July 13 in which he and a team of scientists, anglers and local Mongolians track down the elusive Hucho taimen, a trout-like fish that can grow to six feet long and eats muskrats, squirrels, mice and ducks.
Hogan goes to the ends of the earth on his quest to locate and help protect monster w88 online live casino that are in peril of extinction.
His work with the w88 online live casino’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science has taken him to dozens of locations around the world. About half of all megafish are in Asia, but Hogan's project also includes those in Australia, the Middle East, Europe and North and South America, including the Mekong River in southeastern Asia, the Mississippi River, the Nile in East Africa and the Amazon in South America.
Determining which species are on the brink of extinction is the primary goal of Hogan's five-year study. He said dams, pollution and overfishing are the biggest threats to freshwater w88 online live casino.
The Megafishes Project is generating a plethora of publicity through the television show and the w88 online live casino Geographic Web site. Several shows featuring Hogan and megafish have previously aired on the w88 online live casino Geographic Channel the past few years.
Hogan is scheduled to be a guest July 8 on w88 online live casino Newsmakers.
“The publicity is good if it highlights some of the valuable work that comes out of the w88 online live casino,” Hogan said. “I am proud to be associated with the w88 online live casino and so obviously I'd like to promote the work done here. I'm also happy if the publicity raises the profile of freshwater biodiversity conservation, since freshwater biodiversity is highly threatened yet the issue does not receive very much attention.”
For more about Hogan and the w88 online live casino project, visit the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources.
