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How many eggs does this huge fish lay?

Find out what is so special about how sunfish lay their eggs, and discover what we don't yet know about them. E hia ngā hēki ka taea e te rātāhuihui te whakawhānau? Rapua te mea motuhake e pā ana ki te rātāhuihui me tana whakawhānautanga hēki, ā, tūhurahia ētahi atu āhuatanga ōna. Click the [CC] icon in the video player to view Te Reo subtitles.
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Sunfish

 

The ocean sunfish, or Rātāhuihui in Māori, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world with adults weighing between 247 and 1,000 kg. Another name for sunfish is Mola mola.

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There are two meanings of the word spine: 1. The backbone of a creature that extends from the bottom of their head/skull all the way down their back. And 2. a stiff, pointed, part that sticks out from a creature. E.g. the pointy spines of a fish or kina.

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