This video says about itself:
The first-ever sighting and recording of a species of sunfish in the Galápagos is made.
Ecomare museum on Texel island in the Netherlands reports that last Sunday a ocean sunfish, rare for the Netherlands, was seen.
The fish swam near the harbour of De Cocksdorp village. It was about 80-90 centimeter in size, so still a juvenile.
De Cocksdorp in winter: here.
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Dear Kitty. Some blog 
wow… what an amazing video to share 🙂
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Thanks for your kind comment!
Sunfish are tropical, so rare near Texel, but apparently rare near the Galapagos as well.
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You’re welcome Petre41..first time hearing of such a fish. So it was a great share 🙂
Hope you have a great weekend!! 🙂
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Thank you! Sunfish can grow to over 3 meter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_sunfish
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I love sunfishes. They’re just so distinctive – a huge, strange, silly looking fish.
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Indeed.
Did you read the story about the sunfish, freed after rehabilitation in an aquarium?
https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/aquarium-wants-to-return-sunfish-to-ocean-2/
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No I haven’t, that’s a neat little story. Thanks for sharing, especially with another link to the opah, or moonfish. Those guys are really fascinating creatures too!
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Thanks for your comments! It is always good to know that one’s blogging is useful to others.
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