Marine biologist Tierney Thys asks the audience to step into the open ocean, for a visit to the world of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. Basking, eating jellyfish, and getting massages, this behemoth offers clues to life in the open ocean -- which accounts for 90 percent of the living space on this planet -- and also shows how climate change may be affecting all life.
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I came across these pictures from Fogonazos. Be sure to go over there for a great article about Mola Mola, the giant ocean sunfish, with about 2 dozen more pictures!
Now that's a whole lotta Mola! Read Fogonazos to see why you might not want to eat its flesh though.
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This was a wonderful video and what a fantastic speaker Tierney Thys is, I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it !
Mimi