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 ...
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Five Japanese destination dupes that can’t be missed
Destination dupes are popping up around the world as travellers for alternatives to traditional hotspots or to find road less ...
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 ...
This fish stopped eating. Was it loneliness, or something else?
Some say loneliness made a Japanese sunfish stop eating after its aquarium closed. One expert says it’s probably more ...
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Japanese aquarium comforts lonely Sunfish with photos of human faces
To test the theory, aquarium staff decided to attach large cut-out photos of human faces to a row of uniforms along the side ...
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A Sunfish Got ‘Lonely’ When Its Aquarium Closed for Renovations. Then, Staff Found a Creative Way to Cheer It Up
The solitary fish named Mambo stopped eating and seemed to be missing its human visitors—so aquarists attached photos of ...
Lonely Sunfish at Japanese Aquarium Comforted by Staff in Clever & Sweet Way
"When an aquarium in Japan closed to the public for restorations, the aquarium's beloved sunfish grew lonely without visitors ...
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Lonely Fish Cheered Up By Fake Visitors
The Shimonoseki City Aquarium in Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture needed to undergo renovations, and temporarily closed to the public in December, 2024. Staff said the aquarium's sunfish lost his appetite ...
Lonely, ailing sunfish perks up after human cutouts placed outside tank
TOKYO — A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the ...
Japan aquarium uses human cutouts to cheer up solitary fish: ‘He’s lonely without visitors'
Japanese aquarium staff used cut-out human companions to cheer up a lonely sunfish, leading to improved health.
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Sunfish Saved by Creative Care at Japanese Aquarium
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 ...