[NatureNS] Mola Mola / Ocean Sunfish in upper Bay of Fundy

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They are scary when you are on a small sailboat.  You see the big fin 
and you are thinking - shark?

Don

Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
On 8/18/2019 8:34 AM, Rick Whitman wrote:
> I know these are seen from time to time in the lower Bay of Fundy, 
> such as on whale watching trips out of Brier Island and Grand Manan 
> area. I've seen two or three myself over the years, which is why I 
> thought I knew what we were seeing yesterday.
>
> On a family outing to Black Rock lighthouse, Kings Co., we saw one, 
> probably two, mola molas. They were only a few hundred meters offshore 
> and the diagnostic, lazy waving dorsal fin was easily seen. A couple 
> of hours later another was seen even closer, right off the light house 
> at Margaretsville, barely into Anna. Co. As the tide was rising for 
> this entire period, I very much doubt a slow fish like this moved from 
> Black Rock to Margaretsville against the tidal flow.
>
> I did get a so-so video at Margaretsville and sent it to Alix 
> d'Entremont, who has a lot more experience on the ocean. He replied 
> "Looks good for mola mola to me. I've never seen anything else behave 
> like that."
>
> Regards, Rick.


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    <font face="Calibri">They are scary when you are on a small
      sailboat.  You see the big fin and you are thinking - shark?<br>
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      Don<br>
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    <div class="moz-signature">Don MacNeill
      donmacneill@bellaliant.net</div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/18/2019 8:34 AM, Rick Whitman
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        <div dir="ltr"><font size="4">I know these are seen from time to
            time in the lower Bay of Fundy, such as on whale watching
            trips out of Brier Island and Grand Manan area. I've seen
            two or three myself over the years, which is why I thought I
            knew what we were seeing yesterday.</font>
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          <div><font size="4">On a family outing to Black Rock
              lighthouse, Kings Co., we saw one, probably two, mola
              molas. They were only a few hundred meters offshore and
              the diagnostic, lazy waving dorsal fin was easily seen. A
              couple of hours later another was seen even closer, right
              off the light house at Margaretsville, barely into Anna.
              Co. As the tide was rising for this entire period, I very
              much doubt a slow fish like this moved from Black Rock to
              Margaretsville against the tidal flow.</font></div>
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            </font></div>
          <div><font size="4">I did get a so-so video at Margaretsville
              and sent it to Alix d'Entremont, who has a lot more
              experience on the ocean. He replied "<span
                style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Looks
                good for mola mola to me. I've never seen anything else
                behave like that."</span></font></div>
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                size="4">Regards, Rick.</font></span></div>
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