Japan, sunfish and aquarium

Japan aquarium uses human cutouts to cheer up solitary fish: ‘He’s lonely without visitors'
Japanese aquarium staff used cut-out human companions to cheer up a lonely sunfish, leading to improved health.
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 was ailing.
Japanese aquarium places cardboard cutouts of people near tank of singular sunfish to cure its loneliness
Without its usual crowd of spectators, Kaikyokan’s sunfish essentially started to fall into a deep-sea depression.
‘Lonely’ Sunfish Comforted by Cardboard Cutouts of People After Aquarium Closes Due to Renovations
The aquarium noted, “We didn't know the cause [of the fish feeling unwell] ... but one of the staff members said, ‘Maybe he's lonely without the visitors?’ "
Lonely sunfish in Japan gets cardboard human friends
Staff members believe the sunfish stopped eating when the aquarium was temporarily closed because it was lonely.
Aquarium workers give lonely sunfish cardboard human friends to improve its mental health
A lonely sunfish has been given cardboard human friends by staff at an aquarium in Japan to help improve its mental health. The ocean sunfish, also called a mola, started displaying unusual behaviour in December after the Kaikyokan Aquarium in the western city of Shimonoseki was temporarily shut for renovations.
Cardboard people in the aquarium help fish against loneliness
A moonfish at an aquarium in Osaka became sick with loneliness when there were no more visitors. The staff's solution: they hung jackets with cardboard faces on the panes.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Director Julie Packard to Retire
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Clearwater Marine Aquarium Announces Employee Furloughs Amid $6.1 Million Financial Shortfall
Clearwater Marine Aquarium is furloughing staff due to a financial crisis following Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
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Founders of now-empty Bed-Stuy Aquarium hope to install permanent fish pond
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Adventure Aquarium welcomes two African penguin chicks
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Diving in the Georgia Aquarium
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99-year-old woman visits Virginia Aquarium on her last day in double digits
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NC Aquarium bids bittersweet farewell to Otter family
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Julie Packard to step down as Monterey Bay Aquarium executive director
It’s been an honor and a privilege to lead the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the past 40 years,” Packard said in the press ...