Strange discovery: it looked like a rock, but it was a sea monster – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

A couple found a monstrous fish on the shores of an Australian beach. At first, they confused the animal, which measured more than two meters, with a piece of beached ship and a rock.

It's a fish called sunfish, which usually sunbaths on the surface of the sea to warm up, then dives to great depths.

The animal, also called moonfish because of its round shape, is not usually visible by people and it is not very common to find a dead on a beach.

That is why, when Linette Grzelak and her partner found it, they first thought that it was a rock or a rock. piece of boat. However, as they approached, they discovered the reality.

Thanks to his Facebook account, Grzelak published the photos that have become viral in the last hours. She said that her partner was on a fishing trip with her colleagues when, at the mouth of the Murray River in southern Australia, she spotted what looked like a piece of ship stranded. The Guardian.

According to Ralph Foster, director of the South Australian Museum's collection, Moonfish feed on jellyfish and are common in this region.

He explained that this type of fish can cause big damage to boats that hit them offshore. An example is an accident last year, when a yacht had to leave the Hobart regatta after hitting a moonfish, causing the rudder to break.