The Insane Biology of: The Sunfish

Credits:
Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann
Illustrator: Jacek Ambrożewski

References:

[sojiro]

Lol she spent the first 2 min absolutely destroying this fish before explaining the insanity behind its biology

[tsundear]

“How does such an awkward, slow moving thing become so massive?” I ask myself the same question every day

[alychampion]

Man those first 2 minutes were PERSONAL

[probablynotleo]

I like how the Mola Mola looks like the most "No thoughts, head empty" creature. But everything it does in life is in fact weird but very big brain.

[nanocodethespectator]

"Stupid-looking deformed body"
Bro did not have to go down that hard on the poor thing 😭

[bgturtle]

Bro he’s just a fish stop bullying him 😂

[ArcadeRacer]

The first two minutes of this documentary are single-handedly the most brutal and crispy roast I have ever witnessed.

[sunnyg]

A good example of how "survival of the fittest" means fittest for their environment, not necessarily just the most strong/fast/smart etc

[Tiberiusnerius]

You lured me in by roasting the ever loving shit out of the sunfish at the beginning, but by the end of the video they became one of my favorite fish. I'm absolutely fascinated by developmental biology, and the idea that the largest extant bony fish starts its life as a tiny spiky ball smaller than a fingernail is so incredible.

[ipzhgzd]

"Being weird is the best way to exist on this earth" I like that quote.

[raymondc]

The craziest thing is seeing one of these jump like a dolphin. You wouldn't think it's possible, but I've seen it.

[enraegen]

This fish is so weird that the class bully is afraid of him and leaves him alone. Peak evolution.

[antonioramirez-fhvl]

I hope she never stops narrating this channel hahaha she completely bodied this fish in the most professional way 😂

[diegoferreiro]

Fun fact: mola fishes are known in Spanish as 'peces luna', so 'moonfishes' while in English are 'sunfishes'.
I guess the Spanish name is related to the shape and color while the English name has more to do with their 'sunbathing' habit.

[Thurston]

“Aggressively farting out the gas”. Too bad we don’t have any video footage of this heroic feat. 😂

[GabrielGarcia-pqwj]

Liked how she said even hes surprised of his own existence. While shows a shot of it floating around with a blank stare

[goatsplitter]

I saw one of these bad boys years ago on a fishing trip in the pacific. I had no idea what I was seeing. it looked like a giant rubber mattress with fins. The captain pointed out that it was a sunfish. It was amazing, the thing was an absolute unit of a fish!

[aryah]

"It's a BABY WHALE!" took me all the way out 😂😂😂

[MinstrelSentFromAnotherLand]

I’ve seen one at a marine rehab facility. About 30inches fin to fin and the little dude was CRUISING around pretty quick

[undefined]

This fish literally went "Fuck the meta, I'll do what I want"