"It worked!" In Japan, photos of people were glued to the walls of an aquarium to save a sunfish from depression

After the Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, Japan was closed for repairs, the local sunfish fell ill. The keepers thought for a long time about how to help the seemingly healthy fish recover.

It turned out that the sociable aqua inhabitant simply lacked communication with visitors. To save the sunfish from depression, the keepers glued photos of people to the walls of its aquarium, and "it worked," the BBC writes.

Kaikyokan employees said that after the aquarium was closed for repairs last December, the sunfish stopped eating jellyfish and began rubbing its body against the glass.

Some staff members suspected parasites or digestive problems. However, one of them suggested that it could be lonely if there were no visitors around. Mai Kato, an aqua zone worker, noted that the sunfish, which arrived at the Japanese aquarium a year ago, always had a "curious" nature and "swam up to visitors when they approached its tank."

So they decided to glue photos of people to the walls of the capricious inhabitant. According to the staff of the Japanese oceanarium, this unconventional step was a "last resort" to solve the sunfish's health problems. However, it turned out that it helped to bring it out of depression.

"It worked! It seems that the fish is healthy again," the aquarium representatives wrote on their page on the X network.

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