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Divers dwarfed by enormous sunfish

submitted by Aard Vark

(oritteropo)
8 years 7 months ago

YouTube Description:

This rare footage of a gigantic sunfish was captured on film by photographer Miguel Pereira off the coast of Portugal. The huge creature dwarfs the divers as it swims past. The slow-moving fish and clear water allow for some spectacular close-ups of this amazing animal. Subscribe to Earth Touch now for more amazing nature http://goo.gl/thjT7W Earth Touch News Network http://www.earthtouchnews.com

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8 Comments

Damn Paparazzi!

yea, can you imagine what Attenborough's 'Life on Earth' would be like with 6 paparazzi photographers hovering around each and every one of his nature subjects

Pretty amazing fish though

Damn Paparazzi!

How are Sunfish not giant, floating smorgasbords for carnivorous predators? They're like giant pieces of steak with fins.

That thing is probably moving at top speed there and screaming for it's life.

ant

jokingly says...

Can you hug it?

From what I've read, they are attacked quite often. They are fairly bony and allegedly bad tasting, but Orca, sea lions, and the like do eat them. Smaller predators can't get through their thick skins. They subsist mostly on jellyfish, which might explain some of it. The predators wouldn't like to go into jellyfish swarms.

How are Sunfish not giant, floating smorgasbords for carnivorous predators? They're like giant pieces of steak with fins.

They used to have one at the Oceanário in Lisbon (which I saw once of twice), but unfortunately it died in 2010. They have a new one, but I don't think it has grown to full size yet.

It's a fuucking baby whaayle!

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