Large Tooth Sawfish

Largetooth Sawfish are a threatened species. Historically overfishing and loss of habitat have contributed to the decline of the species. In September 2012 Rita Purak discovered two largetooth sawfish stranded in an isolated floodplain waterhole. Rita knew the sawfish were uncommon because she had been helping Charles Darwin University scientist Peter Kyne with his field work, monitoring the movements of sawfish in the Northern Territory’s largest perennial river, the Daly river. This short video documents the rescue.

Learn more about the amazing and interesting largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis)! I do not own any of the pictures in this video and all of the rights go to their owners. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largetooth_sawfish https://www.aqua.org/Experience/Animal-Index/largetooth-sawfish https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/pristis-pristis/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/l/largetooth-sawfish/ http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/largetooth-sawfish/ https://oceanfdn.org/caribbean-countries-agree-to-protect-endangered-largetooth-sawfish/ https://theconversation.com/australian-endangered-species-largetooth-sawfish-24558 https://lucvertebrates.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/the-terror-of-the-deep-sawfishes/