Ocean Sunfish facts: the largest bony fish | Animal Fact Files
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- Ocean sunfish are the largest bony fish living in our oceans. No, they don't reach the size of a cartilaginous whale shark, but they can still jump out of the water like a great white! Ocean sunfish are found throughout the world's oceans and spend some of their time basking in the sunlight at the top of the water column. Other times they'll dive deep in search of prey. They can also produce lots and lots of babies!
Scientific Name: Family - Molidae
Range: temperate and tropical oceans around the world
Size: 10 feet (3m) in length, 13 feet (4m) in height, and weigh up to two tons
Diet: algae, small fish, squid, crustaceans, brittle stars, and jellyfish
Lifespan: potentially over 100 years!
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I like how you called Molas “Goofy-looking Fish Boys”
Saw one in the reserve outside of the breakwater in Newport this past weekend. It gave us a glorious show for about fifteen minutes before diving down. It was a magical treat.
That would be amazing to experience!
@@AnimalFactFiles Newport Bay in Southern California has made much of the area a reserve so that there are large populations of wildlife to see there including Garibaldi, large dolphin pods, whales and seals.
Sailing off the Pacific coast, I would see them laying on their sides sunning themselves. They were huge!
That would be such an awesome experience!
You should make a patreon! I'd love to donate so we can keep the videos coming!
It's an idea we're tossing around. Thank you for saying that! We'll be sure to release a video when we start one. =)
0:57 - "Swimming Heads." Yes, exactly right! :)
2:43 - You gotta love this type of mutually beneficial cooperation.
3:47 - There seems to be some sort of connection or correlation between large, slow-moving animals and longevity. Another example is the Greenland Shark. Do you think there is a connection, or is this just coincidental?
I would say there are probably so many other factors at play that contribute to extended longevity in different species. Where animals live, their lifestyle, their diet, the pressures on them... so much can contribute. Though I do definitely see where you're coming from because animals like whales and turtles/tortoises can live long, as well. But then as a human I keep hearing a sedentary lifestyle is bad, so idk what to believe. ;)
Awesome video! These fishes can really get really big!
The Weather Channel just posted a video of a record breaking (by weight and size) Sunfish found dead in the North Atlantic.
ITS A BABY FREAKING WHALE BRO !
🤣 ..you should watch the TH-cam video where those Massachusetts firsherman thought these were whales. Great video ,I subbed 👍
OMG that video gives me a chuckle every time!!! xDDDD
How could they possibly mistake it for a baby whale? These were professional fishermen and they've never seen a baby whale before or
a video of one?
@@dondragmer2412 I am pretty sure it's someone doing a comical voice-over that also does a widely known skit involving a "weird lookin cat".
1:28 it’s face made me LMAO
Its face.
like a giant spaceship
We used to think these boys were planktonic because of how chill they seem and how different they look from other fish.
Big boys!
Living gen 5 Pokémon
Cool looking fish
Can you Do The Giant Freshwater Stingray
Kwazii from Octonauts called them " giant fish heads"
Cool
2mph swimming speed is incorrect, molas can reach speeds of 30 kmph!
In Italian It's called "Moon fish"
you forgot to mention that the ocean sunfish is famously known for being bad at defending themselves
But their skin is tough and they evade predators by diving deeply.
They can lunch themselves in to the air 10 feet im like wtf
Launch.
Largest bony fish is the blue whale, mammals and all tetrapods are cladistically bony fishes too
If your cat can't run 2mph I'm sure it couldn't swim much faster.
Alomomola
Fun fact
SunFish is the English name in Portuguese is Peixe Lua which means Moon Fish
Much better name!
They use their fins
Swimming
aren't all vertebrates bony fish, making whales the biggest ones?
Schwimmender
Largest bony fish? What about whales? 😒
Whales are mammals, not fish 🐠
1 ton is 1000kg.
A metric ton is, which is what most of the world uses but us Americans use short tons which is 2000 pounds. Because we have to convert everything to our own system of measurement
We Americans use...
Can i strap something to it and ride it👀?
I hate this animal so much. If it wasn't for the sea turtle I'd litter plastic bags on purpose. If I ever see one I'm throwing stones at it
Why do you hate them? Just curious
No reason for you to hate them.
The fact that its mouth never closes is disturbing.
Why?
@@dondragmer2412 -- Well, walk around with your mouth open all day, and never close it, and see what happens.