Sunfish that got sick

‘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 that its staff had to think out of the box to help one of its sunfish struggling with the change.
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.
Sunfish that got sick after aquarium closed has recovered — thanks to human cutouts
A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations.
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 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.
Aquarium tapes human cutouts to tank after lonely sunfish refuses to eat alone
A solitary sunfish has been brought back from the brink with the help of fake humans. The rare fish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank and appeared unwell days after the attraction closed for renovations.
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.
Sunfish that began ailing after aquarium's closure recovers after human cutouts set up outside tank
A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations
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.
Solitary sunfish stops eating during Japanese aquarium's temporary closure
A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations. Staff say they think the sunfish was affected by the sudden absence of an audience so its keepers hung their uniforms and set up human cutouts outside the tank.
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