Infographic: Streets of Tokyo (Jiji News Agency)
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected the normal lives of humans, but even animals. In Tokyo, Japan, there have been a number of incidents of animal behavior recently.
According to Japan's "Sankei Shimbun" website reported on the 4th, due to the previous implementation of quarantine measures in Tokyo, the main bustling streets are inaccessible, resulting in rats that were originally active at night also becoming active during the day. Many hungry rats even moved their habitat to nearby residential areas in search of food.
Kabukicho (Shikisha)
In Kabukicho, Tokyo, due to the long closure of businesses, many shops have their garbage bags torn apart by rats, and even the wires have been bitten off. A man working in a restaurant told Japanese media that "for rats, the current situation is simply 'paradise'.""
To this end, Tanigawa Li, chairman of the Japan "Rat Expulsion Agreement", analyzed that "due to the suspension of business, the food of rats has decreased, and there has been fierce competition for survival within the population, biting off the wire is the behavior caused by insufficient food, and in the future, a large number of rats may move to residential areas in order to find food." He also said that if the business is closed for a long time, there may be rat manure residue in the store, "so it should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before reopening."
Source: Reuters
In addition, at the Long Closed Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo, there have been some changes in the behavior of the animals. Shortly after the opening of the museum, a Star KangJi eel will quickly dive into the soil as soon as it finds the keeper near the sink. The keeper said that the Xingkang Ji Eel was originally a very vigilant creature, but seeing that tourists generally do not sneak into the soil, because the state of being closed and unoccupied lasted for a long time, "it may have forgotten people".
To this end, the aquarium set up a tablet in front of the sink to show the human face to the StarCome eel, hoping to help it retrieve its memories about humans. After this trick worked, the Xingkang Ji Eel began to move around the sink again, stretching its neck to wait for the visitors to return to the aquarium.
(Source: Overseas Network)