

Anna van Gerve
- Oct 24, 2022
Mola Mola, a toy for Naturalis Biodiversity Center
In December 2021, a gigantic sunfish (Mola Mola) washed ashore on Ameland, a Dutch island. The unusually large specimen of 2 by 1.80 meters was kept in a freezer in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden (NL) for months. In the beginning of September 2022 the sunfish was defrosted in the Live Science room of Naturalis. Visitors were able to see the process of stuffing the animal. A number of sunfish that are normally kept behind the scenes were also given a place of hono