Lockdown Fatigue: Fish species in Australian aquarium exhibit signs of depression

With many countries around world still under lockdown to contain spre of COVID-19, people are getting tired of staying at home for weeks at stretch. However, it's t just people but also schools of fish in Australia experiencing lockdown fatigue and longing for some real human interaction. 

A marine biologist with Queensland's Cairns Aquarium told an international media portal that a number of fish at facility have become lethargic since place closed to public due to COVID-19 pandemic. As per reports, some fish at aquarium are showing signs of depression, with some even refusing to eat and hiding in dark corners of tank. marine biologist ded that while people may t realise it, animals can see outside tank and take enjoy interacting with visitors. 

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With COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in place, aquarium's crowd favourite 'Chang' - a huge Queensland grouper - is reported to be particularly affected by absence of humans and seem disinterested in its environment. While aquarium staff is feeding fish and cleaning ir tanks, reduced operations crew is t eugh to cheer marine animals. 

Fish have feelings 

A lot of scientific studies in past have elucidated on emotional capacity of various fish species. In a study published in 2017, Portuguese researchers observed that fish have a range of emotions that are triggered by ir environment. In ar previous study, fish were ted to have impressive learning capacity and capable of showing a whole range of sophisticated behaviours. 

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