Mola Mola with 5' 2" child for scale.
So this washed up on my beach today...
So this washed up on my beach today...
This (sadly deceased) Mola Mola drifted up on the beach in front of my place near Shelton. We saw a live one a few years ago, but nowhere near this large!
Mola Mola with 5' 2" child for scale.
Mola Mola with 5' 2" child for scale.
"Screw "annual" service,... I get them serviced when they break." - CaptnJack (paraphrased)
"you do realize you're supposed to mix the
with water and drink it, not snort the powder directly from the packet, right? 
" - Spatman
"you do realize you're supposed to mix the
with water and drink it, not snort the powder directly from the packet, right? " - Spatman
Re: So this washed up on my beach today...
Very sad to see it dead, for sure.
Very surprised to see it anywhere in the Sound, let alone all the way down by Shelton! Never heard of one in here...
Very surprised to see it anywhere in the Sound, let alone all the way down by Shelton! Never heard of one in here...
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Re: So this washed up on my beach today...
What a sad yet fascinating sight!
Every few years a live one will be spotted at Redondo in the summer. Lost? Or on an adventure?
Every few years a live one will be spotted at Redondo in the summer. Lost? Or on an adventure?
Come to the nerd side, we have pi!
Re: So this washed up on my beach today...
Oh no!
Diving with a live one is near the top of my bucket list. Can we set up a mola mola emergency text hotline for sightings?
Diving with a live one is near the top of my bucket list. Can we set up a mola mola emergency text hotline for sightings?
Re: So this washed up on my beach today...
Nice find nevertheless! Any sign of how it died?
Did you get to swim with the live one you saw?
Did you get to swim with the live one you saw?
Get out of cove 2 and explore!
Re: So this washed up on my beach today...
No there were no marks on it as far as I could see, but I couldn't exactly flip it over...
I did not get to swim with the live one, it was cold and I didn't have my drysuit handy. Interestingly it was within 10feet of where we found this one, just separated by a few years.
"Screw "annual" service,... I get them serviced when they break." - CaptnJack (paraphrased)
"you do realize you're supposed to mix the with water and drink it, not snort the powder directly from the packet, right? " - Spatman
"you do realize you're supposed to mix the
with water and drink it, not snort the powder directly from the packet, right? " - Spatman
Re: So this washed up on my beach today...
Jim Lynch wrote a novel about unusual critters washing up on the beach in South Sound. It's titled "The Highest Tide". A good read. I'm really old, and have been playing in the sound for over 60 years, and have never seen a sunfish in the sound. I've seen many off the coast, the last time October 4th. That is a really interesting find. Thank you for posting.
-Curt
-Curt
Happy to be alive.