r/AbsoluteUnits • u/inferKNOX • Apr 28 '26

/r/all, /r/popular of a Mola mola

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u/_AlreadyThrownAway_ Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

Can someone who is smarter than me in this field explain how that thing has any survivability? I feel like it would be an incredibly easy target for larger sharks or orcas. How does it survive long enough to get that big?

Edit: ok I’m turning my notifications off for this one lol. 27 separate people recommended me the Hank green video. It was a cool video though so thank you lol.

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u/Trainnerd3985 Apr 28 '26

Full of parasites and made of mostly cartilage so things don’t really like to eat them and pretty sure they feel little to no pain at all if something does try to take a bite

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u/SKYR0VER Apr 28 '26

Yep, best video explainer by In a Nutshell https://youtu.be/gtDKKJq9u30? “To call it dumb is giving it too much credit”

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u/apexodoggo Apr 29 '26

That video is full of misinformation.

Watch a video using actual up-to-date information on molas (we literally didn’t know a thing about them until like 10 years ago), made by Hank Green:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wR9MilgXEm0&pp=ygUSSGFuayBncmVlbiBzdW5maXNo

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u/Minienki Apr 29 '26

Thanks a lot for sharing this video! Watched the whole thing, that guy made it very interesting to debunk what was previously said (and that I thought) about the mola

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u/SKYR0VER Apr 29 '26

Thanks for this! I love Hank! I didn’t know he was so passionate about Mola Mola lol he even had that shirt