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Photo shows the sunfish weighing approximately one ton, undated. It washed ashore in Cesenatico, Emilia-Romagna in Italy. (@matteogozzoli.cesenatico/CEN)

Giant One-Tonne Sunfish Washes Up On Beach

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:March 11, 2024

Massive one-tonne sunfish is discovered washed up on a beach. The giant beast, which can weigh more than a family car, was found in Cesenatico. A port town on Italy's…

Picture shows the worlds largest Ocean sunfish (Mola mola), undated. It weighs 2744 kilogrammes, found in Azores, Portugal. (Atlantic Naturalist Association/CEN )

World’s Heaviest Sunfish Weighing Over 2.7t Found On Atlantic Beach

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:October 26, 2022

Boffins were left stunned after discovering the world's heaviest bony fish weighing over 2.7 tonnes on a beach in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The massive sunfish weighed 2,744…