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Swim with the Mola Mola
The ocean sunfish can grow more than 10 feet long and weigh 5,000 pounds but the unusual fish remains a mystery to researchers (1:04)
Courtesy of: Mike Johnson
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Comments (12)
THANK YOU for the mola mola video. I have always been inspired, and have enjoyed the wonderment, of life forms I had never known about. Thank you Smithsonian ! =======================
Posted by Daniel J McGarigle on March 3,2013 | 01:33 PM
Excellent video!!!...Anyone know or have information about Mola mola´s otoliths?
Posted by SONIA VALLE on January 8,2013 | 12:30 PM
count me in! love this content.
Posted by JOHN M LORD on December 27,2012 | 07:41 PM
they are sun fish! dorks
Posted by ade on December 14,2012 | 05:01 PM
Why, as they are so big and boney, are their eyes on the sides of their heads like prey and not at the front, like hunters? They seem very wrinkly, is that due to deep water hunting? s
Posted by Sean Wheeldon on November 3,2012 | 11:50 AM
too bad there was no way to see how big they are in the video, nothing to compare them to so as to see their relative size.
Posted by Carole Anderson on September 4,2012 | 03:50 AM
They are the heaviest of all the bony fish, and can get up to 5,000 pounds. Sharks and rays can get that big, but the are cartilaginous fish. Mola mola feed heavily upon jellyfish, so they are a chief competitor with the leatherback sea turtle.
Posted by Tim Upham on August 30,2012 | 10:56 PM
ne çirkinmiş..
Posted by aydn on August 25,2012 | 04:14 AM
this is a most amazing, fascinating fish ive ever seen. how beautiful they are indeed!
Posted by yvette on August 1,2012 | 07:48 PM
Very very cool.
Posted by Christina on July 24,2012 | 02:53 AM
Wow, great experience! Where was this video taken?
Posted by rosebd8 on June 14,2012 | 12:25 PM
Utterly fasinating.
Posted by Frank Vaydik on June 14,2012 | 10:55 AM