Cardboard people in aquarium help fish against loneliness

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 a last-ditch measure to save the popular fish,
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.
Aquarium tapes human cutouts to tank after lonely sunfish refuses to eat alone
Aquarium tapes human cutouts to tank after lonely sunfish refuses to eat alone - The sunfish ate for the first time in about a week after human cutouts were used
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.
"Maybe It Became Lonely" — Aquarium Staff In Japan Comforts Sunfish With Smiley Cutouts
The Japanese aquarium posted a photo on its official X (formerly Twitter) account on 3 January, showing the sunfish named Mambo swimming in its tank, surrounded by cutouts of smiling faces and staff uniforms on hangers stuck to the glass. The heartwarming but hilarious post has gone viral, receiving more than 12.5 million views and comments.
Japanese Aquarium Puts Cutouts Of People To Comfort Lonely Sunfish
An aquarium in Japan has come up with a unique and out-of-the-box idea to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish after the facility closed for renovations.
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 Mambo the sunfish appeared to fall ill, shortly after the facility closed for renovations in early December.
Lonely sunfish given cardboard human friends to improve its mental health
The ‘sociable’ fish’s unusual behaviour during the temporary closure of the aquarium prompted the unorthodox intervention by staff
Lonesome sunfish in Japan aquarium finds comfort in friendly cardboard faces
The fish stopped eating after the aquarium closed for renovations in December 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japanese aquarium uses cardboard human cutouts to cheer up fish
A video obtained by Reuters on Tuesday (January 21) showed how an aquarium in Japan's Yamaguchi has come up with a unique solution to improve the deteriorated health of its beloved sunfish affected by the lack of visitors - making cutouts of human faces to paste them on the tanks.
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