Lord Lucan
Justified & Ancient
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Oddly enough, this is completely SFW, not what generally comes to mind when I read 'Japanese' and 'eels' in the same sentance.
Lonely Japanese Eels Want You to Video-Call Them
Lonely Japanese Eels Want You to Video-Call Them
https://www.thecut.com/2020/04/japanese-aquarium-asks-people-to-video-call-lonely-eels.htmlSo what fun shenanigans are we all getting up to this weekend, eh? Perhaps spending some quality time with Wikipedia’s wonderfully exhaustive List of Sandwiches or painting a very tiny tableau? I, personally, was contemplating listlessly hanging from my doorway pull-up bar as long as I could — that is, until I heard about a virtual “face-showing festival.”
Now, this festival is no run-of-the-mill jamboree. According to Quartz, the Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo recently noticed that its lanky spotted garden eels were exhibiting some funny behavior — namely, burrowing their slender bodies into the sand every time a human passed by their tank.