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Polite Fish?

March 12th, 2008 by James

Apparently some of the fish at the Hachinohe Aquarium in Aomori Prefecture are able to “bow” to visitors. Their polite behavior even attracted news cameras:



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Comment by AndyH
2008-03-12 07:28:39

Thats rubbish! This seemed so much cooler in my head, and i was dissapointed when i saw it!

It just rises and lowers once – thats not a bow!

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Comment by VonSkippy
2008-03-12 07:42:26

Can’t wait until they discover that dogs can “shake hands”.

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Comment by Raza
2008-03-13 06:14:13

Agreed. How can they be so ignorant?

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Comment by morningstar
2008-03-12 09:23:10

I think the fish is playing around a game.

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Comment by Goon
2008-03-12 10:38:48

That’s certainly the dumbest thing I’ll see all day.

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Comment by shura
2008-03-12 11:41:50

This just goes to show that Japanese people are easily amused.

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Comment by Goon
2008-03-12 16:30:06

I think it shows that PEOPLE are easily amused.

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