A giant fish washed up on the shore in Australia (8 photos)

Category: Animals, PEGI 16
9 April 2023

Walking along the beach in the Australian state of Victoria, locals noticed a giant fish that washed up on the shore. Hulk length reached two meters! At the same time, it was not the largest individual of this kind. Eyewitnesses even compared it to an alien creature.








This fish was spotted by beachgoers on the southwest coast Australian state of Victoria. Kat and Tom Rampton, who both turned out to be veterinarians were shocked by the size of the fish - it was about 2 meters in length. Veterinarians say they've never seen anything like it before. live. It turned out that this is a moon-fish (or a sun-fish), which are the heaviest of modern bony fish. But this fish is not the most large individual. Their dimensions can reach up to 4.2 meters in width and up to three meters in length. The maximum weight of an adult sunfish is 2000 kg.



"We were just walking along the beach and saw a big spot on the sand. I've never seen anything like it before. from afar it seemed that it was an alien creature," said one of the eyewitnesses.



Moonfish lives in tropical and temperate waters of all oceans of the world. They can often be seen at the surface of the water, basking on Sun. Usually they are found at a depth of up to 844 m. Recently, as scientists note, these fish began to appear off the coast of Great Britain, which is unusual for them. Experts attribute this to the global warming and climate change on the planet.









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