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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ย. 2018
- Liz Bonnin joins researchers in Galapagos to find the huge Mola Mola, the Ocean Sunfish, the heaviest bony fish in the world.
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"it gains an incredible one kilogram per day"
*Same*
😂 Sameee
Yoooo too true
Sooo.... At the end of a year you've gained 365 killos?
@@brianoconnor4533 ok
with its size that is not much anyway...
"It looks elegant"
"It looks like a dinner plate with fins"
Ocean Sunfish: *you wot m8?*
She is going to really fat some day
Be nice we're related at some common ancestor
Lol I was like what?! 😂
where does bbc find these people?
All languages: "Moonfish"
English: Sunfish
Fish: hmm
In Manderin it’s called “a-tipped-over-car fish” and I don’t know why
Moonfish in many languages because of the shape ut has. Sunfish because it swims to the surface a lot for sunlight. Both make sense. I’m more mad with ‘starfish’, which is not a fish, or ‘mountain lion’, which is not a lion
@@tiffany89610 this fish was observed like lying on sea surface to take sunlight, for some fisherman looks like a tipped over car.... But depending of region in China it get others names like 头鱼head fish、海洋太阳鱼ocean sun fish、太阳鱼sun fish、月亮鱼Moonfish..
@@aerokayo6137 sounds pretty reasonable if consider his behavior... Yeah, for sure, starfish and mountain lion are such a bad convention... At least in Brazilian Portuguese we call starfish of seastar "Estrela do mar" so I don't need to live with it 🤣🤣
meanwhile in Polish:
samogłów (only head)
"Its like it understands that everything plays a role"
Sunfish brain while it stands still and gets cleaned: *tv static*
*Windows XP shutdown noise* bluescreens
Haha 😂
food soon food soon food soon food soon food soon
Hah! This made me laugh!
Elevator music is playing in it's head
Sunfish looks like that fish I drew when I was 3 yo
fish
A little kid's drawing come to life is pretty much what it looks like. Poor thing haha!
yOu liKe jaZz?
@@KFrost-fx7dt :(
💀 lol
Human: oh my god that’s ginormous!!
Villager: *shoves in pocket*
Sivvan Sharma lol I’ve been looking for a comment like this XD
Human: jesus christ that whale shark can swallow me whole
Villager: *holds it in the air*
You have no room in your pocket....swap it or let it go!
my favorite thing about animal crossing, display fish that are huge in real life? oh they are pretty big in game, and you can also just suff them in your shorts, you can literaly keep over ten ocean sun fish in your pants at once
You can fit 20 of these in your pocket but can’t carry and extra DIY recipe
Scientists in movies: scientific variables, extreme hypothesis and accurate descriptions
Scientists in real life: Ah YEs A gIAnt DINNer plaTE
To be fair, that is an accurate description
LMAOO
MemeWarriorYT StUdLyCaPs is so 1990s.
welcome to reality bud, it's a very different place to what you see on TV
@@gavindejong8478 Yeah, but I could have said that for less money though, lol.
I love how excited they were to find the sunfish. It makes me so happy to see them light up once they saw it.
2:25 The sunfish you usually see in documentaries tend to just drift around lazily, and to see one moving at some speed is actually kind of surprising, especially with that body. That's really cool!
Ikr. I've seen them near the surface while fishing and even when we are so close to them, they just float around lazily without a care in the world. I don't think they have predators because they are such a bony fish.
@@Guerrilla727 They're actually preyed upon by (if I recall correctly) sea lions, sharks, and orcas. Very magnificent creature with an amazing size, but even this behemoth has predators! Sea Lions will actually take bites out of the Mola, playing with the helpless thing until they are done eating or are bored, in which they leave the Mola to sink to the seabed. :(
@@vulturesalesman No orcas or sea lions here in florida and the sharks have plenty of meaty game fish to eat so that explains why I see them just floating around lazily lol
@@Guerrilla727 omg u have seen one in real life?!
@@jimin6813 Yeah a couple times. Also had a whale shark right under my dad's boat. He swam with it but I was young and scared so I didnt get in the water. Biggest mistake of my life :(
I like how the fish is just looking at them 👀👀
That eye is so freaky, just looking at you while the weird looking fish goes by.
That fish has probably seen alot in its time. Definitely acknowledged the scientists presence
Having no eye lids, it had very little choice.😆😂😝🤣
"...that's a weird looking fish..."
Big fish: what a strange, round, clear fish
Video: starts with a calming and soothing narration. 😌
Humans in the video: OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH
Can you imagine having a casual conversation with two other people in air conditioning, that deep underwater? That video was surreal. I’d love to see more like that. So strange how quiet and calm that was. It’s scary to think about but I’ll bet being there is wonderful. How do you see clearly when you’re looking out of a sphere? How does that work?
Sunfish: oh hello humans
Human: looks like a dinner plate with two fins
Sunfish: bruh
LX arts so sick of this type of comment it’s like a fucking virus
😂
@hhhk20 no one cares what you think
@@Chobaca I don't care what I think either. Reality isn't.
wtf are these comments? wait, who am i again?
I love seeing the researchers get so excited too. It's so nice that these people are so passionate about their very important work.
it's because they're filming a tv show u dolt
@@schlomoshekelstein908 you're fun at parties
@@schlomoshekelstein908 maybe its part of the tv show.. But its not a kingd of variety that you react so much in just something this is reality they are real scientist and biologist in real.life
@@Mannalon31 Yeah I'm aware they're "real" scientists, that doesn't change the fact that they're getting PAID to be ACTORS in this TELEVISION SHOW. You get paid MORE if your TELEVISION SHOW is ENTHRALLING. So you get "SCIENTISTS" orgasming over some dumb shit like a 12 year old because people go whoa wow that was so exciting i love this show now
@@schlomoshekelstein908 I take it you haven't watched raw unedited video feed of underwater scientists they are very excited you spend years trying to get everything together just to go so yes it's very exciting to be there no acting needed and most of the money they spend is for the submarine ,r.o.v. ships even permission to dive there from the local government can cost money and when they are done all they can hope is to sell the footage some of these documentary take years to film a few hours for us
When I was in middle school, I called a girl an ocean sunfish behind her back. I felt bad about it for years because fat shaming isn’t my thing, but now I’m convinced I called her graceful and angelic. What a beautiful fish.
I think that is the same as bullying 😅
@@Rimm_San I was 11, it wasn’t that deep. I called her that to my sister, she never knew about it. Nobody was hurt I was just a stupid child. I felt horrible about it, I was just an uneducated kid with insecurities of my own. I did not hurt the girls feelings, bullying is harassment.
@@laserdog4467 my respect for you after owning up for your mistake 📈📈📈
@@Rimm_San yeah, I admit it was awful of me, but I was just judgmental of anyone who wasn’t like me. Kid stuff, and thank you for calling me out respectfully I really appreciate it. :)
But that fish is dumb af tho
I was fortunate enough to have been invited to tour the Galapagos Islands about 20 years ago. It is an amazing place.
"Guys, I'm back. Just a quick scrub, I've got some work to do. These weirdos keep following me with their weird floating rock."
Hehehe cute
🤭🤭
Love how the Sunfish swims past the sub while worriedly corner eyeing them. He's like "nothing to see here" and cus he's committed to trying to look casual and unconcerned he has to swim back the way he came just to prove it to them. lol.
It was paid by the BBC to act normal and go about its business.
That might be the cutest narration of the whole scenario I've read. 🤣👍
“Everyone plays a role. It’s what makes this system tick.” Agreed.
With global warming and overfishing od the seas....the system might not be there for much longer...
The sunfish is my favorite fish. It looks like it's still in the rough draft stage and I love it.
This fish seems like 1 of the most harmless creatures in the ocean. Simply fascinating. Majestic creatures.
They are
Seagulls, pelicans and even humans use them as transport
Yeah the last one is legal in hawaii
Believe or not, people actually have gotten killed by this fish. Not because it attacked them or anything, but because they can jump out of the water and crash upon somebody's boat with their massive weight.
@@mateorios1636me omw to ride on a sunfish 🏃♂️
@@adalwolf8328 I Didn't Know That They Could Jumped Out Of The Ocean Waters 🌊 💦.
Narrator: "This is the place they most expect to find Sunfish"
*20 seconds later*
"They've never observed one this deep before"
but he didn’t say that though
u misinterpreted
@Vincent Alley how do you mean?
is that really contradictory in your mind? :)
those of us who can process information with our organs called 'brains' can expect things without observing them previously with our external senses. well, just FYI.
@@70ME3E rude
Lol just caught this in ACNH, 5 seconds later this pops up in my recommendations😂
same here, it looks like our FBI agents are cheering us on
I caught 5 (or 6) of them in
ACPC
(Animal Crossing Pocket Camp)
What's acnh???
0riginal _Panda_Child animal crossing new horizon
I came here too from acnh out of curiosity lol , the giant isopod looks worst hahaahaj
I love how these types of fish videos always have awesome music, like it really makes the beauty of the ocean even more ethereal.
What a beautiful big boy.
My girl says that all the time...
Are you sure she's talking about you.
@@zed7745 She must be speaking for herself.. or he?
@@zed7745 Probably talking about your ego.
@@zed7745 talk about narcissistic behavior
I love how genuinely excited they are. You can tell they’re passionate about their work.
You call that "work"?
@@johnbeckwith1361 uhh yeah? It takes a lot of money and thinking to find these animals
i would be excited too if i saw this fish lol
@@noobium5333they are woman just along for the ride because of the channels need for diversity
@@kurtismoeller1512 lmao, go touch grass if your mind is fill with these stuff. It's a painful way of living, always feeling the need to be passive aggressive toward strangers.
Seen one ship wreck diving off the Virginia coast in about 200 feet of water. The camera doesn’t do them justice. And they’re not scared at all. She came right up and bumped into me. Incredible fish
0:23 - giving us the ultimate "side-eye"
I like how chill these fish seem to be most of the time. Just casually swims into view and gives you a look then zones out in a spa. Other videos are them chillin at the surface in the sun eyeballing boats. Docile big bois are the best wildlife.
Exactly. Just imagine how peaceful this existence is. I wish I was a Sunfish, no doubt
@@whitehorse8558fr, not having to worry AND getting free spa treatment. where can i sign up?
In Spain we call it "Moon fish" but you call it Sun fish, how interesting! (btw, the scientific name, "mola" means "it's cool" in spanish)
I speak spanish never heard mola. That's kool
English > Spanish
@@konigstiger3252 if u say so 🤦♂️
In Korean it means "I don't know"! So funny
@Flaming hot cheeto he's saying English is superior to Spanish. Which is stupid imho
3 years ago , I had never even heard of this fish ? How can I not have ever seen or heard of a fish this gigantic before ?
Who's here after people started calling the cops because of a Sunfish?
Omg me🤣
I just like sunfish
@@dot5687 i can beat up a sunfish
Animal crossing has taught me about this fish
honestly and it’s taught me even more fish that I didn’t even know exist
I have 3 of them already
Same-
It taught me how to catch one
And so did Kirby's Dreamland 2
The expression of that fish. Looks like someone who farted but tries to hide it looking just casual.
Also known as the Fart Fish
I would argue about you seeing an expression but id rather talk about where you see a fish
Lol
Feels like the same expression u have ...
@@denzelsmashsymptom4264 But I´m not farting. I´m quietly shitting.
My favorite. I love how she watches you with her eye. Just beautiful!
Amazing & so grateful that you all captured such amazing footage❤️
funfact: I german, Sunfish are named „Mondfisch“ with translates to moonfish
Interesting
Looks more like a moon so I guess wir haben Recht!
In Spanish it's pez Luna! Moon fishes unite
Wow so a sunfish is also a moon
I think it the same with Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese.
Good to see that more and more people are becoming interested in our kind.
Floating Sunfish me when i was 8 years old trying to tell people in primary school about sunfish
I'm interested on this fish to 😋🍺🔪🍽️
Was that you in the video?
Your kind is one of the most useless fish ever, You're like free food for the other carnivores in the ocean.
@@mortzon5681 Theyre not so useless if theyre free food
Thank you for sharing that with me. Never in my life would I have ever seen one except a photo. They are so majestic.
The enthusiasm of these ladies is so pure
Humans: it looks like a big dinner plate with two fins on either side
Sunfish: am i a joke to you?
Humans: Yeah...kinda.
@@Game-The-System Sunfish: Yeah? Well I can swim faster than you, turn on a dime, leap out of the water like a freakin' dolphin, dive below a thousand feet, swim over a thousand miles every year, hunt squids, and I never suffer from the bends. You humans don't know shit.
Also a joke to see lions who rip their fins off for frisbee
@@AarowSwift Sunfish dont "hunt" shit, they float thru the water with zero purpose
Would hate to be the fish
I hear if they stop swimming then they will fall to the sea floor
Its has kind of a dopey look. Magnificent fish though.
It's kind of cute.
It has an air of excellence to it doesn't it?
Majestic, yet silly.
It’s a giant useless fkn animal. Prbly the dumbest animal in existence besides the panda
Azeraithe
No. I’d love to see that tho. I really hate these animals.
I'm here to get a real scale to how big these are compared to humans after I got the bugger in Animal Crossing
Nobody cares about your stupid game. Nerd.
@@KFrost-fx7dt well I learned something new. Have a nice day ;-)
@@lamcb.9476 Some people just like to be rude for unknown reasons
@@fernystein9516 I know. But the best way to counter that is with kindness. Being the bigger person. But thank you for reaching out to me :-)
@@KFrost-fx7dt Jealousy.
More More, I love watching you,, and whoever you bring with you! xoxo Liz!!!! Can't get enough of you! xoxox
Never saw a sun fish before. Thanks BBC for your discovery.
"EXUSE ME PEOPLE CAN I HAVE SOME PRIVACY!"
Their beautiful creatures.
BEAUTIFUL.SO PEACEFUL!!NOT MENACED BY THE DIVING DEVICE!!!THANKS!!
PRAISE THE SUNFISH \0/
casul
LOL, appropriate smiley. Praise the sun from your landlubber brethren \[T]/
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I like how the Sunfish goes "Oh shit what? Just ignore me, haha, Hava nice day" in 0:27
They are beautiful. Here on the west coast I have seen them several times when fishing for Rock Cod. When they were close to the surface, they start waiving there fins. iI looks like there are waiving at you on the boat. Super cool!!
Never get tired of seeing the clean water.
This is the closest to being on a different world that I’ll ever get. Being under the waves, in the ocean is a magnificent experience. And seeing a majestic creature like this is just the icing on the cake.
When his cleaning was done, I swear the sunfish actually looked like he was smiling as he swam off!
SUCH a pleasant narrating voice--made the video a million times better
Wow ... Simply incredible!
Life is about really living, new experiences, learning and adventure. The staff in this submarine epitomize that philosophy.
What a magnificent animal! I'm feel so astounded that something like this exists on our planet!
I did some snorkelling in 2013 at Great barrier of reef in Queensland, Australia.... I have countless hours of GoPro and pics of a humongous grouper fish observing me and totally curious... I witnessed intelligence at work! It changed me...
It was so cool!
The cleaning stations are amazing symbiosis!
I ❤ ocean so much .
Erased
I love it too! But it's so scary tho...
liar
Makes us two. And Im sure many mor 🙂
yeah it's too bad the greedy rich are destroying it for our Children.
Such a beautiful animal and so docile ..its hard to believe they start out at barely an eighth of an inch and grow to such enormity ...
I think these guys are awesome. Looks surreal with how big they are.
0:22 I love its eyes as they look around to check out the sub. You can tell it can think on some level and is curious. Something about curious animals I like.
It looks like a pancake with two legs
It's a baby wheel
Fins....
Looks like a verticle manta ray
Narrator sounds like sponge bobs show narrator ... “three minutes later”
😂😂😂😂😂
4sure😆🤣
Sponge bob does the narrating on his own show
He has a name, its frenchie
Mr T lol it’s David tennant (dr. Who)
How beautiful it trucked me in nature when different spices collaborate to make a perfect balance! Only humans can destroy that balance!
Humans: It looks like a dinner plate with fins.
Sunfish: you look like dinner...
So cute! Why is it so cute? ❤ Magical looking creature.
2:24 You see it start to take off. I'm curious how fast a fish that size can move.
very slowly
That takeoff was kinda fast
Probably because it's so flat, it can probably go pretty fas.
Light speed. It's raw unfiltered power can collapse the universe.
I love how excited they are
I seen one once, it truly is something that stays with you for life.
What an amazing, beautiful creature. So large, yet so graceful.
Makes me remember of that person who was really passionate about sunfish. Thank you, angry and passionate person
Ok so I know I’m not the only one who’s been getting recommendations about the irl version of fish or bugs in animal crossing. This isn’t even the first one. Which one’s have you seen?
I got the oarfish and now this, at this point I think youtube is onto me
was just out fishing and saw one... coolest thing ever
What this clip needs is a guy from Boston freaking out.
"Theres good meat on that, Jay!"
Jay what is that fuckin thing kid ?!?!
Not quite cleaning itself, but rather having itself cleaned. Majestic
Thank you, BBC. Those 3 minutes were well spent.
I gotta stop looking at these videos at work. That Sunfish was so relaxing and lulling , I nearly fell asleep!
SUNFISH ARE MAJESTICALLY AMAZING IN OUR BLUE OCEANS
I love watching these big nerds geek out, it's so precious 💕 seeing people doing what they love and being amazed by things they love is so uplifting.
I see these every year I go deep sea fishing, Interesting fish for sure.
I like the background music.. Feels I m floating
Humans: OMG look how big that Sunfish is!
Sunfish: You’re a weird looking fish 👀
*Uptown* 😄
this derpy fish is so cute happy and gentle
Such a majestic creature!
That little sub in which it is so intimate to look around is just awesome! I wonder if it is possible somewhere to rent something like this for a day and experience something like in this video for yourself?
Scientists: use submarine to see sunfish
Me with fishing rod in ACNH: *pathetic*
at 2:22 i didnt realize they were that fast!
😲
Ninja Man *GOTTA GO FAST*
woah me neither !
Yeah the rant really underplays their mobility. They’re quite fast and agile if they’re forced to run away from a potential threat.
Beautiful and majestic looking I love this video thank you so much for posting 💖🥰
Animal Crossing sent me.
Incredible Sunfish 🐟 Glide like a flying saucer 💕
Same fish from Zelda, Link's Awakening.
hey zelda, this thing called earth took your assets and dumped it in to the ocean
Suddenly i got sad how we pollute our ocean.. All this beautiful life will vanish
Less of the stupid scaremongering!
Actually divers are doing an incredible job of species rescue, reef restoration and other conservation activities you never hear about from the media. It isn't all doom and gloom. So quit whining and do your part on the beaches of our waterways.
Stop your shit we’ll be extinct b4 Mother Nature lets us fuck up her home
Super241946 its not scaremongering. mola mola often die from eating plastic bags that we throw in the ocean because the bags look alot like jellyfish to them.
Super241946 - it’s not scaremongering if it’s true.
i love how excited they get cuz i am just as excited 😭
I know someone who put this in their pocket then put it in their house as a pet
Forget for a moment in this ocean you are on earth. Imagine you are on some ocean planet somewhere in the universe.
kinda got misled by the title, im aware they go to 'cleaning stations; and rely on other marine life for maintenance of sorts. So do several other large marine creatures like turtles. The title suggests the sunfish itself is cleaning, which is rather absurd considering the morphology of the creature lol.
Yeah i was expecting him whipping out a brush and a shampoo and going for backrubs. Utterly disappointed
My mind went to the cat, imagine a mola licking itself me.
I thought it would rub itself against the cliff face to get rid of dead skin cells.
My thoughts exactly - it's disappointing when the BBC doesn't know the difference between 'getting cleaned' and c'leaning itself.'
@Khaos Inoculation And fish need a school to do it too.
She is huge! 😳. It is kind of cute watching her get cleaned. :)
dude, this creature is so darling ! 😊😊😊😊💕💕💕💕