Japanese Aquarium Cheers up Lonely Sunfish with Cardboard Cutouts of People

[Michie]

How do you cheer up a lonely fish? Trick question, fish don’t get lonely.

Or do they? It’s difficult to know for sure, but one aquarium in Japan seems to think, in fact, they just might.

The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, southern Japan closed on December 1st, 2024 for renovations. Within a few weeks, their 30-plus kilogram ocean sunfish began exhibiting strange behavior.

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Aquarium Under Renovation Cheers-up Lonely Sunfish with Cardboard Cutouts of People

Within a few weeks of closing for renovation, their 30-plus kilogram ocean sunfish began exhibiting strange behavior.

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[ozso]

Wouldn't he be happier if they gave him a girlfriend?

 

[Michie]

Wouldn't he be happier if they gave him a girlfriend?

Maybe? *shrug*

 

[chevyontheriver]

How do you cheer up a lonely fish? Trick question, fish don’t get lonely.

Or do they? It’s difficult to know for sure, but one aquarium in Japan seems to think, in fact, they just might.

The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, southern Japan closed on December 1st, 2024 for renovations. Within a few weeks, their 30-plus kilogram ocean sunfish began exhibiting strange behavior.

Continued below.

Aquarium Under Renovation Cheers-up Lonely Sunfish with Cardboard Cutouts of People

Within a few weeks of closing for renovation, their 30-plus kilogram ocean sunfish began exhibiting strange behavior.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

My fish go crazy when I walk by. They press the front of the aquarium and flitter about. Part of that is that sometimes I stop and feed them.