Fisherman Catches Largest Rare Creature Off Russia

The HUGE Ocean Sunfish (AKA Mola Mola)

It must have been quite a task to haul this guy on board. Massive ocean sunfish like this one are actually relatives of the pufferfish. In fact, the babies look just like puffers. But as they grow up, they can end up weighing over 2 tons and are considered to be the heaviest bony fish on the planet. Lucky for us though, they’re gentle giants and mostly eat jellyfish.

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Kimberly Atwood’s books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. Kimberly lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband, an exceptionally perfect dog, and an attack cat. Before she started writing historical research, Kimberly got a graduate degree in theoretical physical chemistry from Ohio State University. After that, just to shake things up, she went to law school at the University of London and graduated summa cum laude. Then she did a handful of clerkships with some really important people who are way too dignified to be named here. She was a law professor for a while. She now writes full-time.

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