This aquarium wants you to video chat their eels

This aquarium wants you to video chat their eels

The eels at one Tokyo aquarium are so lonely, they’re in danger offorgetting humans even exist.Workers at Japan’s Sumida Aquarium have asked the public to consider speaking to the ocean predators via video chat.They haven’t had sufficient human contact since the aquarium closed...due to social distancing restrictions in the beginning of March.“They don’t see humans, except keepers, and they have started forgetting about humans,” the aquarium tweeted this week.“Garden eels, in particular, disappear into the sand and hide every time the keepers pass by,” the tweet continued.“Here is an urgent request.

Could you show your face to our garden eels from home?”.Aquarium workers have set up five tablets facing the tanks so people can use video chat to greet the slippery fellows.Virtual visitors can wave or call out to the eels using an iPad or iPhone for five minutes at a time