A friendly sunfish was reported to be missing its mortal audience as a momentary Japanese aquarium closure came to an unexpected end.
The bream is seen swimming in front of pictures of people heads attached to a string of clothes in a photo posted by the Kaikyokan pond in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi district.
The walk was a “last hotel” to address the sunfish’s health problems, which a team member believed had stemmed from sadness, the pond said on its X bill earlier this month.
And it apparently worked. ” It seems to be in good health again”! The pond added X the following day.
The bream stopped eating jelly and began rubbing its body against the tank after the aquarium was shut down for renovations in December, according to the Mainichi Shimbun on Monday.
One of the team members initially believed the fish might have had parasites or digestive issues, but another suggested that the fish might have been isolated without visitors to its container.
Sunfish, found in every sea in the world, are a taste in Japan. Although they are not frequently found in aquariums because of the careful treatment required to keep them alive, they are believed to be able to live up to 10 years in captivity.
The sunfish in Kaikyokan is about 80cm long ( 31in ) and weighs nearly 30kg (66 lb ).
Mai Kato, a team member, told Mainichi Shimbun that the bream, which arrived at the ocean a year ago, had a” interested” character and “would swim up to customers when they approached the tank”.
After the images and clothes went away, the fish “felt better” the next day and was seen “waving its fins” in the pond, the pond said in its X article.
Social media users have poured in to help the post, which has received a lot of help. Some people shared photos and videos of the sunfish they’d previously seen, while others promised to visit when the pond reopened.
This is not the first day a Chinese ocean has created creative ways to entertain the animals in their care.
During the pandemic, as zoos around the world reported that their animals were becoming lonely due to a lack of visitors, an aquarium in Tokyo organised an “emergency” video call event for its eels, which they believed had become uncomfortable with humans after not seeing them for a long time.