the ocean sunfish or the mola mola is a very unique deep sea creature.mola in latin means milestone .they live in about 30-480 meters below sea level but usally 30-70 meters in the medditerean sea,alantic,indiania,pacific ocean were thay can be found. they live in the pelagic part of the sea which is open ocean and also in the benthic and abyssal zones.the eat jellyfish,squid,fish,seaweed,flounder,mollusks,brittle stars and other zooplankton. if you are out in the water and you see a sunfish lying on its side in the ocean its probaly because thier probolay going on a deep sea dive for their preyjellyfish. they also might do so they can re heat and aid digestion or recharge their oxygen stores . the intresting fact is tht than go up to 10ft of water so they can jump out and get parasites off of themselves and they also lay on their side in the ocean so sea birds can come and eat the parasites off of them and also so the fish can eat the other parasites on the bottom . the biggest sunish recorded is 14ft vertically and 10ft horizontally and weighed 5,000lbs and their also known as t
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