The Bizarre Ocean Giant That Loves To Be Pampered
Nov 12, 2026
After travelling up from 200m deep to feast on jellyfish, these giant ocean sunfish gather among floating kelp for a spot of pampering, as halfmoon fish pick off troublesome parasites. Then it's time to soak up the sun before disappearing back into the depths.
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AI GeneratedThe mola mola, or sunfish, is a massive ocean dweller that balances deep-sea hunting with surface-level maintenance. They migrate to floating kelp forests to feed and utilize symbiotic relationships with half-moon fish to remove parasites before sunbathing to regulate their body temperature for future deep-water dives.
A mola mola, the size of a bathtub.
Normally, they hunt some 200
meters below the surface.
But these delicacies
are too good to miss.
It can devour hundreds.
These waters
provide more
than a feast.
Floating kelp is a rare
oasis, attracting mola
mola from far and wide.
Here, half-moon fish offer a special service.
They can accumulate more than 40
different kinds of parasites.
For the half-moons,
each one is a nutritious meal.
But for the mola
mola,
it's a place
to be pampered.
After
being
cleaned,
it's
time to
sunbathe,
earning this species the nickname of sunfish.
It warms their muscles.
So they're ready to hunt in the cold depths again.