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Wiki - 'Shagreen is now commonly made of the skins of sharks and rays.'

Though 'Manta rays for shagreen' won't be Hugh's mantra:

'Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's love affair with the manta ray.'

'Everyone interested in wildlife dreams of an encounter with their hero animal. For me, obsessed with fish since I caught sticklebacks and kept them in a jam jar as a four-year-old, it's long been manta rays.'

Hugh goes on to wax lyrically about his diving encounter with them.

That is not to raise the hopes of the eel. Eels are not such a hit with Hugh.

I can't find a photo of when Hugh whacks clinically and nails a snig to a fence post, but, in not so many words, that neither wriggled out of it says it all.