A popular sunfish in Japan lost its appetite and banged on the side of its tank after the aquarium it lived in closed for renovations.

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.

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 ...

A sunfish at Japan's Kaikyokan Aquarium experienced health issues due to the lack of human interaction after the aquarium closed for renovations. Staff successfully used face cutouts to provide ...

A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank, and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for ...

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.

Staff members believe the sunfish stopped eating when the aquarium was temporarily closed because it was lonely.

The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, Japan, which is undergoing 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.

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 ...