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Lonely eels need video calls so they don’t ‘forget’ humans during coronavirus

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Eels, like humans, apparently need a little face time with people to get through their coronavirus lockdown. The Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan, is asking for help with socializing its spotted garden eels, which appear to be “forgetting” about humans due to the facility’s COVID-19 shutdown.

The aquarium is home to about 300 garden eels, a googly-eyed species that pops out of the sand en masse like strands of grass.

Most garden eels are delicate and very easily frightened, but the ones at the aquarium had become comfortable with seeing humans every day.

Then the coronavirus hit, the aquarium went into lockdown and humans stopped peeking through the glass around their tank on a daily basis. “They don’t see humans, except keepers, and they

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