Recently, a volunteer at Sunset Beach, Oregon, stumbled on a washed-up, bright-silver-and-orange moonfish on the shore—and the discovery caused quite a stir among the locals due to its unique appearance. The volunteer spotted the moonfish, or opah (also called a sunfish), on the morning of July 15, and immediately called Seaside Aquarium, part of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network (the specimen already being dead). In an interview with The Epoch Times, 38-year-old Tiffany Boothe, who’s been with the aquarium for the past 20 years, spoke about the happenings on the day the opah was discovered. “One of our volunteers was on the beach when she came across a strange fish she hadn’t seen before and gave us a call,” Tiffany said. The volunteer proceeded to send them some photographs of the bright-colored fish. “We had seen photographs of them but never actually seen one in person,” she said. “In the …
Beach Volunteer Finds Massive 100-Pound Moonfish Washed Up in Oregon—and the Photos Go Viral
July 23, 2021
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