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Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, Japan struggled to figure out what exactly was ailing its resident sunfish until they used cardboard cutouts of visitors to keep the lone fish company.

An aquarium employee waves a mackerel near a penguin – but there’s no reaction. When she moves the fish closer to its beak, the penguin turns away haughtily. An otter sniffs the fish, then ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 11: Spotted garden eels sway in the currents at Sumida Aquarium on November 11, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. A small species of eel has become something of a craze in Japan ...

Japan's lonely sunfish heartened by fake cut-outs of human onlookers 00:40. A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank ...

Japanese aquarium staff used cut-out human companions to cheer up a lonely sunfish, leading to improved health. Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025. New Delhi o C. Subscribe. Sign in. My Account. Subscribe.

During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020, staff at the Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan asked their guests to FaceTime their 300 spotted eels.

An aquarium in Japan is using cardboard cutouts of visitors to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish who stopped eating after ...

Japanese aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish with cardboard cutouts of people. By CNN Newsource. Published January 20, 2025 5:04 AM . By ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

Another Japanese aquarium came up with a similarly creative solution to keep its animals used to human interaction. During the Covid lockdown in 2020, ...