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.

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A friendly sunfish, apparently being missed by visitors to a temporarily closed aquarium in Japan, was relieved in a curious way.
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Um simp�tico peixe-lua, que aparentemente estava sentindo falta dos visitantes de um aqu�rio no Jap�o, fechado temporariamente, ganhou um al�vio de uma maneira curiosa.
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Japanese aquarium places cardboard cutouts of people near tank of singular sunfish to cure its loneliness

A SUNFISH that was literally dying of loneliness has been saved with a group of cardboard cutouts friends keeping it company. The fish became unwell when the Kaikyokan aquarium where it lives in Shimonoseki, southern Japan, was temporarily closed for renovations in December. Kaikyokan aquariumThe lonely sunfish at the Kaikyokan aquarium in Yamaguchi, Japan[/caption]
Kaikyokan aquariumThe fish perked up considerably after gaining some paper pals …

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World’s loneliest fish left at closed down aquarium gets cardboard pals

The fish stopped eating after the aquarium closed for renovations in December 2024.

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Lonesome sunfish in Japan aquarium finds comfort in friendly cardboard faces

The animal, the host of the Kaikyokan aquarium that was closed for work, began to show health problems in the absence of contact with humans. Then the...

L’animale, ospite dell’acquario Kaikyokan rimasto chiuso per lavori, ha iniziato a manifestare problemi di salute in assenza del contatto con gli umani. Poi la…

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Japan, the sunfish falls ill with loneliness: cardboard visitors to make it heal

Rome, 20 January 2025 - How can you keep company with a fish that feels' alone '? For the staff of the Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki (Japan), bringing back a specimen of sunfish (named Mambo) to health was a real challenge. Mambo's illness The aquarium, since it closed for renovation in December 2024, has had to witness Mambo's illness. From the moment the visitors stopped visiting the aquarium, he stopped eating and started rubbing himself …

Roma, 20 gennaio 2025 – Come si può tenere compagnia a un pesce che si sente ‘solo’? Per il personale dell’acquario di Kaikyokan a Shimonoseki (Giappone), quella di riportare in salute un esemplare di pesce luna (di nome Mambo) è stata una vera e propria sfida. La malattia di Mambo L’acquario, da quando ha chiuso per ristrutturazione nel dicembre 2024, ha dovuto assistere alla malattia di Mambo. Dal momento in cui i visitatori hanno smesso di vi…

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Japan, the solitude of the Mambo fish. And the aquarium puts mannequins in front of the tank

A sunfish in Kaikyokan Aquarium in Japan gets cardboard human friends after workers at the aquarium noticed that the fish had stopped eating and seemed lonely. The innovative solution seemed to have revived the fish as it showed signs of recovery after the cut-outs were placed outside its tank. 👍 ‘Lonely’ Sunfish in Japan’s Kaikyokan Aquarium That Missed Humans Gets Cardboard Cutouts of People in Front of Its Tank To Help the Fish Recover (See …

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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.

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‘Lonely’ Sunfish Comforted by Cardboard Cutouts of People After Aquarium Closes Due to Renovations

Staff had noticed that the sunfish was showing signs of distress after the aquarium was closed for refurbishment

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Japan aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish by taping photos of human faces to its tank

An unusual story comes from Japan, where a sunfish from the Kaikyokan Aquarium in the city of Shimonoseki developed strange symptoms after the institution closed for renovation in December 2024.

O poveste neobișnuită vine din Japonia, unde un pește-soare de la acvariul Kaikyokan din orașul Shimonoseki a dezvoltat simptome ciudate după ce instituția s-a închis pentru renovare în decembrie 2024.

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