Tim Rothman and James Barham were enjoying a walk along the banks of the Kennett River in Victoria on Monday when they saw a fish the size of a six foot man.

Known as the ocean sunfish, it can grow up to 11 feet in size and weight up to 2.5 tonnes. It is described as resembling ‘a big floating blob’ by the National Geographic, though Tim and James said it seemed more ‘alien like’ to them.

‘We were walking along and saw this big lump on the sand,’ Tim told the Geelong Advertiser. ‘I’ve never seen anything like that before. It looked like an alien from a distance.’

Sunfish are quite common in Australian waters, though they are usually found much further out. They get their name from their habit of basking in the sun near the surface.

The fish found on Kennett River is thought to have been there for a few days as it was earlier spotted by a couple and their daughter on Saturday.

Cath Rampton and her husband Tom, who are both vets, said they were shocked when they came across the rare creature, which neither of them had seen before.

Ms Rampton told Daily Mail Australia the fish measured around two metres in length and height, but it was still small for its species. ‘My understanding is it’s not a very big specimen, I think they can get up to double that size,’ she said.

Ralph Foster, the fish collection manager at the South Australian Museum, previously explained why so many sunfish get washed up on the beach. ‘One of the big dangers would being hit by big boats at sea,’ he said.

‘They often eat plastic bags thinking they are jelly fish which can kill them.’ Foster said sunfish could do a lot of damage to yachts if they collided in open water. One yacht in the 2018 Sydney to Hobart race was forced to drop out after hitting a sunfish and breaking its rudder.

In March last year, a hoodwinker sunfish washed up on a beach in Califronia, the first time one had been sighted in the northern hemisphere in 130 years.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/28/six-foot-fish-looks-like-alien-washes-australian-beach-13047165/

If naa Naija , this innocent fish for done de inside big pot , very hot one pot at that


Some people for don de peel yam , some for de boil rice for the guy head

hmmm....

Effect of water pollution.

They often eat plastic bags thinking they are jelly fish which can kill them

They are big and foolish!

Mrdecent:
What's the name of this fish?

SUNFISH.

McGg:

Dude you're a big nuisance always preach

Jesus Loves You Still.
We love you too.
Oya, chop kiss.

Hmmn

Ok

The ocean, it contains more weird things that we may not even know exists

pyyxxaro:
If naa Naija , this innocent fish for done de inside big pot , very hot one pot at that


Some people for don de peel yam , some for de boil rice for the guy head

naija...eat first, ask question later.

The fish swims with it's side
I've seen it on TV before

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright

Nickshrapnel:
The ocean, it contains more weird things that we may not even know exists

Infact....in general, water is full of shit
Be it man made water bodies or natural

Wow!
Certainly there is no end in sight at discovering all God created.

Ok

Amazing indeed

Roswell, 1940 comes to mind

Version of tilapia fish

What is alien like in this beautiful and delicious fish?

What's the name of this fish?

Ok

jesu is this one real
it will be sweet for pepper soup Sha
.
meanwhile I'll design a brand logo and flyers for your business for just 3k

I'm not sure theres any record of this fish anywhere,.

edited

there is afterall.. it's called the sun fish

Lll

Beautiful

The second picture scared me thou
I will begin to like animals too but not snake and rat oo. Those rats can be annoying some times and snakes scared me

The fish get lucky sha. For Naija, lol. Dem go don fry am already sef




SUN FISH

I do strongly believe that we are yet to fathom or find half of what thrives in our deep blue seas. These waterbodies make up 70% of earth and we lack the technological expertise to access a significant part of it.

Any resourceful alien will find a perfect home in these reclusive seas and yes I believe that aliens exist. It is silly to believe that we are all there is in this vast galaxy.

If na this country , na community go gather there with shovel ,axe,Cutlass ,motor saw wheelbarrow e.t.c...