{"id":63,"date":"2017-05-22T12:09:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T12:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divebooker.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:35:07","slug":"the-sun-of-the-ocean-mola-mola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divebooker.com\/blog\/the-sun-of-the-ocean-mola-mola\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sun of the Ocean \u2013 Mola Mola"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>The Mola Mola or Oceanic Sunfish is one of the most interesting wonders of the deep that divers will ever get the chance to encounter.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><strong> What do we know about the Mola Mola?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Very often the Mola Mola is referred to as the Sunfish. \u00a0Such a nickname was given because of its habit of spending quite a bit of time at the surface of the ocean, catching some of the warm rays from the sun. Sometimes sunfish are even mistaken for sharks due to their large dorsal fin. 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