Sumida Aquarium in Japan invites people to have short phone calls for Princidence with their tank of eels in the garden. This is not a live stream; it's a two-way call, and they want direct toels to see your face.
The aquarium notes that eels tend to be very shy, and hide in the sand, but that in their tank they often see visitors passing by. Now that the aquarium is closed to visitors, eels are starting to feel ashamed again. She's embarrassed, of course, that they don't allow them to look good to look after them properly.
What is a garden eel? Yes, they are lovely. They sit in the furrows, and scratch their heads at mealtimes. Here's what it looks like:
If you want to occasionally go for these eels (and, yes, you'll need the Facetime app on iOS), the aquarium asks that you do so May 3-5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Time for Tokyo. Because of the time difference, those of us in the US will be watching tonight. So that's May 2-4, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern US Time, or 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Pacific.
Keepers set up five screens around the eel tank, so you can access any of these five accounts:
The aquarium asks that you show your face, and talk and spread, but please don't shout. And after you intend to do 5 minutes, keep giving the other person a chance.
