The Ocean Sunfish.
Also known as the 'Mola Mola', the Ocean Sunfish is the largest fish in existence, measuring up to 4 meters in height and 3 meters in length, with an enormous weight estimated between 200 and 400 kg. With its unique oval shape and a caudal fin resembling that of a shark, it is a completely harmless species.
You might wonder why it suffers so much. Well, it is the perfect prey for all predators in the ocean: it is slow, clumsy, large (making it easy to spot and catch), with a thick layer of fat and skin (15 cm thick), a practically harmless set of teeth (as it feeds almost exclusively on plankton), and very limited reflexes.
Because of these characteristics, the Ocean Sunfish inhabits the most central, isolated, and remote areas of the ocean, far away from the coasts and their proximity (which are rich in predators).
Unfortunately, if this creature comes into contact with a shark, an orca, or a sea lion, its fate is inevitably the following:
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