Mola Mola
Oct 4 2026
This fish looks preposterous;
ugly
. . . in a homely sort of way.
Look it up
— the Mola Mola,
a giant sunfish
with a pneumatic body like a bloated disk,
one bottom fin
and one on top,
and a missing tail
that looks cut off
by a rusty pair of scissors.
You can spy them at the surface, basking in the sun,
enticing seabirds
to peck at their parasites,
letting little cleaner fish
nibble on their skin.
Evolution
and vast amounts of time
fashion most unlikely creatures.
So who’s to say
how a fish should look?
Who’s to judge
what works . . . and what does not?
After all, we’re all odd fish
swimming
in a sea of humanity.
But in place of fins, matching limbs
and hidden tails
instead of none
just above the rump.
While puffed-up heads
keep us afloat
with inflated self-importance.
Life is bizarre.
How cleverly
living things
find ways to solve survival
— the differences
will take your breath away.
So we’re all Mola Molas, of a sort,
even you and me.
And who’s to say
we don’t belong,
who’s to say we’re wrong?
For some reason, this video (click on the link ) turned up on my YouTube feed last night. A fish that looked so preposterous, I had to check it out: because this must surely be either some kind of joke, bizarre injury, or a singular freak of nature.
Evolution never ceases to surprise me! Biodiversity, the key to life’s survival.
Have to say, I identified with a fellow creature who would also be seen as different. But then, aren’t we all? An important understanding, in a political environment that’s increasingly suspicious of difference and seeks to demonize otherness.
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