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Bizarre-looking deep water Mola Mola fish ventures to the surface [tr] [ed]
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 19, 2015 | Lydia Willgress

Posted on 03/19/2015 7:53:22 AM PDT by C19fan

One of the world's weirdest fish has been captured making a rare appearance above the water. With its bulbous eyes, flat body and tiny fins, the Mola Mola is an unusual sight in the blue waters of California. But short of shying away from the camera the fish appeared to strike a pose. The photographs of the bizarre-looking ocean sunfish were taken by experienced diver Daniel Botelho.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: fish; mola
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To: Hebrews 11:6
including Japan, Korea, and Taiwan."

They seem to be willing to eat anything that comes from the water....raw.

21 posted on 03/19/2015 10:25:31 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
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To: Hot Tabasco

If it doesn’t moo, oink, or crow, I’ll pass.


22 posted on 03/19/2015 10:37:56 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

I was informed by a fishing partner that these were bad tasting. I had one at the boat and released it.

Hmmmm.


23 posted on 03/19/2015 10:58:17 AM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery ea)
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To: molson209
Are they good eating ?

No, they're helpless, harmless and useless.

24 posted on 03/19/2015 12:07:15 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Kenny Bunk

In our area they are tan to brown in color. Not plentiful, but not rare either.


25 posted on 03/19/2015 12:08:33 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Robert DeLong

Oh come on....surely that’s a fat guy in a fish suit.


26 posted on 03/19/2015 6:06:24 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
Don't want nobody who won't dive for dimes
Don't want no speedballs 'cause I might die trying
Throw me a line, throw me a line
'Cause there's a fat man in a big bathtub with a fish suit
I hear you moan, I hear you moan, I hear you moan - Little Feat
27 posted on 03/20/2015 4:36:55 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: C19fan

Although it sounds like science fiction, you don’t have to leave planet earth to find transparent creatures, electricly-charged creatures, and luminescent creatures. How anyone can believe that these creatures happened by chance is beyond me.

And yes, the ocean sunfish is one of my favorites. It looks like a fish that’s been cut in half.


28 posted on 03/20/2015 4:45:04 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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