An aquarium in Japan has come up with a unique and out-of-the-box idea to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish after the facility closed for renovations.

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

Without its usual crowd of spectators, Kaikyokan’s sunfish essentially started to fall into a deep-sea depression.

To test the theory, aquarium staff decided to attach large cut-out photos of human faces to a row of uniforms along the side ...

Renovation work at the Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, Japan, left one resident depressed in December. A sunfish suddenly stopped eating and exhibited strange behavior. This was apparently ...

"When an aquarium in Japan closed to the public for restorations, the aquarium's beloved sunfish grew lonely without visitors and lost its appetite — until aquarium staff pasted cutouts with photos of ...

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southern Japan Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Kaikyokan via AP) In this photo released by Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum "Kaikyokan," a sunfish swims near cardboard cutouts of people in uniforms at ...

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 ...

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