Giant sunfish washes up on WA's southern coast
March 29, 2025 6:41 PM Subscribe
Giant sunfish washes up on WA's southern coast. Rarely found in the Southern Ocean, a 2.5-metre sunfish washed up on Western Australia's Lowlands Beach between Denmark and Albany could be a sign of a warm current moving south, a marine ecologist says.
Fishing as a child back in the day, you'd be mocked relentlessly if you told your friends you caught a sunfish, but you'd surely have the last laugh if you then pulled out this one.
posted by fairmettle at 10:44 PM on March 29
posted by fairmettle at 10:44 PM on March 29
They are amazing creatures. They are so large, so weird, so ungainly, that it’s difficult to believe that they are real. But they are!
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:16 AM on March 30 [2 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:16 AM on March 30 [2 favorites]
Obligatory Youtube Video: "It's a baby wheel" (Warning: Boston accents and crude language)
Ocean sunfish are the best fish. They're enormous, they're practically indestructible, they eat only jellies, and all they really want to do is float at the surface basking in the sun while gently waving their enormous fins.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 7:15 AM on March 30 [4 favorites]
Ocean sunfish are the best fish. They're enormous, they're practically indestructible, they eat only jellies, and all they really want to do is float at the surface basking in the sun while gently waving their enormous fins.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 7:15 AM on March 30 [4 favorites]
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