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People call 911 about giant sunfish in Massachusetts, officials ask them to stop

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An ocean sunfish swimming off the coast of Massachusetts has gotten a lot of unnecessary attention recently -- for simply “doing normal sunfish activities.” On Monday, local emergency officials received numerous calls about a creature in Broad Cove, near Wareham.

Apparently, people thought it was an injured seal, a shark or a stranded fish, The New York Times reported. But it was really just an ocean sunfish.

Also called mola, sunfish are the heaviest bony fish, with the largest weighing almost 5,000 pounds, according to National Geographic.

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