Meet Our New Ocean Sunfish!

Hey everyone, meet our new ocean sunfish (also known as a Mola mola)!
Our aquarists have trained the mola to recognize a target so that it can be hand-fed in our Open Sea exhibit. This way, we can track how much it is eating, get a better sense of its health and make sure it doesn't have to compete with a fast tuna for a meal.
Right now, it is feeding on squid, shrimp and clam tongues, and it growing rapidly while eating 3% of weight in food every day! About the size of a large pizza, this mini-mola could grow to be massive-adult ocean sunfish are the largest bony fish in the world, the biggest of which weighed nearly 5,000 pounds (2.2 tons)!
See if you can spot this new ocean sunfish on our Open Sea Web Cam (it's especially visible during its 11AM and 3PM target feedings): mbayaq.co/SkpVDa
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[@DimensionalMola]

Oh my god, Jay, that's the cutest baby ever!

[@kgmc29]

0:11 mahi mahi chillin in the background

[@user-ki3wn8bt9r]

Nice! I'm like ocean sunfish! It's so cute!

[@icelegacylol]

YAY! We got some mo mola

[@pooptacoyum]

This is so great! Glad they brought in a new one.

[@devinadams3346]

So sad that the other one had to die

[@aquariumfish-i4h]

@@devinadams3346i think it got released into the wild

[@quapcousteau9824]

oh yea, my fav fysh at mbsa

[@Kaphooey]

mola molaaaaa

[@laineyg6]

I am so in love with this baby! Did you have to build a new habitat for it or will it be able to integrate into an existing tank?

[@sophiajayden2152]

Yay sunfish :) :) :) YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY

[@fishstix1988]

is the mola mola still on exhibit or is it no longer there?

[@twobirdys]

What happened to the other one you had?

[@quapcousteau9824]

+Alisa Nicole for real tho good question

[@emmas5456]

+Alisa Nicole Sometimes the mola molas forget their training.

[@DimensionalMola]

They got sick and were really old.

[@HieuPhan-du1nz]

They released it in the wild.

[@user-ol1kv3my4h]

I hate it

[@xenamalone3300]

Why? Why would you hate this beautiful creature?

[@afreyno1]

Why?