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I was out at a beach clean up today, and there were tons and TONS of Mola mola's that had washed up that morning! All of the fish were missing their anal and dorsal fins and eyes. This is congruent with the landings that happened in 2009 and 2011. (oceansunfish.org/Moladie-off.p…), (www.sanctuarysimon.org/montere…). Apparently sealions will tear the anal and dorsal fins from sunfish in incapacitate them, but the fish's thick skin prompts the sea lions to abandon them, and they either sink or wash up to shore. I wasn't able to find historical evidence for the lacerations.

The sites mentioned that this happens every few years. The event in 2009 and 2011 being the best documented. This morning I documented 90 fish, 53 of which had vertical and lateral post-mortum lacerations across their body. It was really interesting!
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3264x2448px 3.95 MB
Make
Apple
Model
iPhone 5s
Shutter Speed
1/1053 second
Aperture
F/2.2
Focal Length
4 mm
ISO Speed
32
Date Taken
Sep 20, 2014 10:37:16 AM -07:00
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