Fish Take the Japanese Stage

CHEN:
An interesting story out of the Hakkei-jima Sea Paradise in Japan. Ten thousand sardines take the stage... but this is no canned performance.

STORY:
These tiny starlets dance and swirl around sharks and squid -- generally mesmerizing the audience with their glittering show twice a day.

[Kayo Manabe, Hakkei-jima Sea Paradise]:
"Japanese sardines tend to be quite tense and swim around in a circle but when we throw the bait down at them they follow it down creating a pillar."

But, ironically, the sharks - two 3-meter-long sand tiger sharks - are not very good at catching the sardines and rarely bother chasing them. The sardines' real enemies is the squid who swiftly makes a meal out of them.

[Daniel Knox, New Zealand Tourist]:
"I think they look really nice. I'm surprised the shark hasn't eaten them."

[Miho Tsujimatsu, Exhibit Visitor]:
"I'm not a big fish eater, but I love watching them."

Apparently the sardine's natural predators in the same tank has helped prolong their lives -
well, at least those that can escape the clutches of the squid.

The aquarium is even thinking of adding more cast members to the show later this month. But they aren't revealing the next in the line for the supporting role in this fishy school play.

The show runs through the end of July.

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[lizette000]

I love it

[thebeaner619]

cool