Last month, underwater cameras attached to three sunfish returned to the sea from Kagoshima Aquarium in Kagoshima City were recovered.
The camera footage records the moment when the sunfish mistakes for food and tries to eat trash, and the aquarium is calling on people not to throw trash into the sea.
Underwater camera attached to the sunfish Video release
The three sunfish were captured by a set net off the Osumi Peninsula from late March to early April, and it was popular to see them swimming in the outdoor waterways of Kagoshima Aquarium.
However, it was returned to the sea on the 27th of last month because it may weaken as the seawater temperature rises toward the summer.
At this time, an underwater camera attached to Mambo by a research group at Nagasaki University was recovered on the 1st of this month in Kagoshima Bay, such as off Fukuyama-cho, Kirishima City and off Taniyama, Kagoshima City, and the video was released.
Video 1. Eating moon jellyfish for bait
In the video, you can see how the sunfish swim with other sunfish, just like when they were in the outdoor waterway immediately after being returned to the sea.
In addition, the scene of encountering stingrays and the appearance of eating moon jellyfish as bait were also photographed.
Video 2. Garbage that is mistaken for food Put it in your mouth and spit it out
On the other hand, it was also captured that the sunfish mistakenly put it in the mouth and spit it out, which seems to be a plastic package.
“Don't throw trash in the sea”
Morihiko Yamada, a fish exhibitor at Kagoshima Aquarium, said, "Some fish die by eating garbage. The fact that they are pinpointed in the video means that there is a considerable amount of garbage in Kinko Bay, so watch this video. I hope it will give you an opportunity to think about it. "