The perfect weekend activity for someone with the precise amount of sanity we have left intact: Calling Sumida Aquarium to help eels “not [forget] the existence of humans”
She’s waiting for your call. Photo: FLPA/Shutterstock So 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.
Based on the very little information I’ve gleaned, I’m struggling to predict how the eels will receive this. From what we’ve seen since we all started social distancing, animals — captive and wild — have been having the time of their lives without the presence of humans. One might wonder, Why would eels feel any differently?
This festival, instead, feels like it’s more for all of us — and in particular, me. To participate in the festival, which goes from May 3 to May 6, all you have to do is call the aquarium’s account through an iPad or iPhone. Then, you get five minutes with the eels, during which you can do weird hand gestures, or even talk, as long as you’re not too loud! Sounds like the perfect weekend activity for someone with the precise amount of sanity I have left intact.
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