Comments | wtf_nature: More on Sunfish

drhoz in wtf_nature

Dec 06, 2010 06:16

Further to the earlier entry on Mola mola, aka Moonfish, aka Sunfish.

This is a baby Sunfish.

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grindcore December 5 2010, 22:24:45 UTC

these things are insane

drhoz December 5 2010, 22:46:23 UTC

And that's why I love them :)

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drhoz December 6 2010, 22:40:54 UTC

actually the name comes from the way they bask at the surface - the juvenile stage hadn't even been discovered!

strassenhund December 5 2010, 22:29:19 UTC

Is this REAL? o_O

drhoz December 5 2010, 22:45:45 UTC

yup, baby sunfish, in the wild, in deep water.

strassenhund December 6 2010, 00:09:05 UTC

At first, I really couldn't believe my eyes. It took me a moment to realize there was a link to wikipedia...

drhoz December 6 2010, 01:08:42 UTC

larval fish in the ocean can be weird - Sunfish are almost ordinary insofar as they still look roughly like their parents

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drhoz December 5 2010, 22:48:08 UTC

yeah :(

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drhoz December 5 2010, 23:48:36 UTC

Free Willy - The Director's Cut

vantid December 5 2010, 23:26:19 UTC

Oh man, please no more sunfish they terrify me. X____x

henriekeg December 5 2010, 23:30:05 UTC

Nooooooooo!
Embrace their cuteness :D Look harder!

vantid December 5 2010, 23:39:10 UTC

I caaaan't. The horror!!!

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