Rare 7-foot-long sunfish washes ashore in Washington state

Rare 7-foot-long sunfish washes ashore in Washington state
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The warm-water sunfish rarely appears in the Northwest, but a seven-foot-long one washed ashore in Washington state.

The mola sunfish, which weighed roughly 300 pounds, was dead when it washed onto Waikiki Beach at Cape Disappointment State Park, near the Columbia River, on Aug. 28.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.