They caught a whopper!

Fishermen found a giant sunfish. (Courtesy of the Marine Biology Department of the University of Seville (Ceuta))
It took two cranes to lift the giant fish. (Courtesy of the Marine Biology Department of the University of Seville (Ceuta))
Scientists came to study it. (Courtesy of the Marine Biology Department of the University of Seville (Ceuta))
Then they let the fish go. (Courtesy of the Marine Biology Department of the University of Seville (Ceuta))
Sunfish can weigh thousands of pounds.

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This is a sunfish. It weighs over 2 tons! It was tangled in a net.

Fishermen used cranes to lift it. They cut it free. Then they let this whopper go.

Pray: Thank God that He “created the great sea creatures.” (Genesis 1:21)

Read More: Fishermen found a giant sunfish in their net last October. It took two cranes to lift it out of the waters off Africa near Ceuta [SOO-tuh]. That is where the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean meet. Enrique Ostale is with the Estrecho Marine Biology Station at the University of Seville (Spain). He says, “I was stunned.” Scientists worked quickly to do some tests on the fish. Then they let it go. “And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah.” (Jonah 1:17)