Holy Mola!
And now, once again, for something completely different: A sunfish off the Faroes!Last month, 19 of the curious fish were spotted some 800 miles south, off Cornish coast, still far outside their usual range. [Or perhaps not. See reader comment to this post.]
Sunfish, or mola mola, are a warm water species. Researchers speculate the fish have been drawn north, like their prey, the jellyfish, by warmer waters off Europe.
2 Comments:
re sunfish off the cornish coast
-I am very concerned about global warming but this is a bit of hype:
sunfish have often been seen from the scilonian ferry [which sails from penzance to the scily isles] or by local fisherman.
the observer's book of sea fishes [published 1959] cites them as regular visitors...
Thanks for the local knowledge. Duly noted.
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