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Japanese aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish with cardboard cutouts of people
How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real challenge faced by staff at a Japanese aquarium when they noticed their sunfish ...
Hindustan Times24d
Japan aquarium uses human cutouts to cheer up solitary fish: ‘He’s lonely without visitors'
Days later, the fish regained its appetite and looked ... This is not the first time a Japanese aquarium has taken unusual steps to ensure its animals have human company. In 2020, during the ...
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‘Lonely’ Sunfish Comforted by Cardboard Cutouts of People After Aquarium Closes Due to Renovations
The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, Japan, which is undergoing renovations, revealed in a post on X that its staff had to think out of the box to help one of its sunfish struggling with the change.
New York Post25d
Japanese aquarium places cardboard cutouts of people near tank of singular sunfish to cure its loneliness
An aquarium in Japan is using cardboard cutouts of visitors ... Likewise, the Kaikyokan Aquarium’s listless fish has long been the sole occupant of its tank. But what sets sunfish apart from ...
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A sunfish in Japan got sick when its aquarium closed. Human cutouts helped it recover.
A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations.
This fish stopped eating. Was it loneliness, or something else?
Some say loneliness made a Japanese sunfish stop eating after its aquarium closed. One expert says it’s probably more ...
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Lonely sunfish in Japan aquarium cheered up by human photos, staff uniforms
Fish have feelings too – at least if a lonesome sunfish in a Japanese aquarium is anything to go by. Animal caretakers at the Kaikyokan in the southern city of Shimonoseki were concerned when ...
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Sunfish that was unwell after aquarium's closure recovers after human cutouts set up
TOKYO -- A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for ...
Sunfish that began ailing after aquarium's closure recovers after human cutouts set up outside tank
A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations. As ...
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‘Lonely’ Sunfish Comforted by Cardboard Cutouts of People After Aquarium Closes Due to Renovations
An aquarium in Japan is getting creative when it comes to cheering up its fish! The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, Japan, which is closed as it undergoes renovations, revealed in a post on X ...
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Aquarium fish comforted with human photos during closure in Japan
A sociable sunfish at a Japanese aquarium, which had been struggling ... a measure they described as a "last resort" to address the fish’s loneliness. Staff suspected that the sunfish, which ...