Mola Mola Report

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Originally Posted by dfroggy54

Nice Video Jay, those things are really awesome. One came in about 2 feet and sunbathed next to my yak, fin out..wasnt spooked or shy at all. Kinda the texture of plastic.. Are those pelagic parasites on the dorsal? (:16) I thought at first when I saw them in the water that they were fishing line or something

Thats what I thought too, until I saw the video but it does appear to be a parasite of some kind. Apparently, they can carry 40 types of parasites and the reason for the belly flops is to try to remove some of it.