A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell ...

The aquarium noted, “We didn't know the cause [of the fish feeling unwell] ... but one of the staff members said, ‘Maybe he's ...

Without its usual crowd of spectators, Kaikyokan’s sunfish essentially started to fall into a deep-sea depression.

A sunfish at a Japanese aquarium became ill after the facility closed for renovations. In a novel attempt to help, aquarium staff used uniforms and human cutouts to simulate a crowd, prompting the ...

The creature appeared to rediscover its appetite after seeing some familiar images outside its aquarium tank during renovation work, keepers said.

Aquarium tapes human cutouts to tank after lonely sunfish refuses to eat alone - The sunfish ate for the first time in about ...

Almost as soon as the Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, southern Japan closed for renovation in December 2024, the sunfish became unwell, the aquarium said in a post on X. “We couldn’t figure ...

The move was a "last resort" to solve the sunfish's health issues which appeared after the aquarium closed for renovation [Kaikyokan] A sociable sunfish who was reportedly missing its human ...

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. Almost as soon as the ...

A sociable sunfish who was reportedly missing its human audience during a temporary closure of its aquarium in Japan has been comforted in an unorthodox way. In a photo posted by the Kaikyokan ...

A sociable sunfish at a Japanese aquarium, which had been struggling with health issues during a temporary closure, has found comfort in an unconventional solution. The Kaikyokan Aquarium in ...

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 ...