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China: “Kissing Fish” Touch Mouths in Home Aquarium

On December 31, 2025, in Anhui, China, two kissing fish were filmed touching mouths inside a household aquarium.

RECAP: Taiwan Hit by M6.6 Earthquake Off Northeast Coast, Tremors Felt in Taipei

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit Taiwan just off its northeast coast late Saturday, December 27, about 32 kilometers from the coastal town of Yilan, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Tremors were felt across the island, including Taipei.

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Japan: Earthquake Strikes Aomori, Tsunami Advisory Issued for Coastal Areas 4

A strong earthquake struck Aomori and other parts of northern Japan on Friday, December 12. According to the USGS, the magnitude was 6.7. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, the central Pacific coastal areas of Hokkaido, and Miyagi Prefecture.

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Japan: Earthquake Strikes Aomori, Tsunami Advisory Issued for Coastal Areas 3

A strong earthquake struck Aomori and other parts of northern Japan on Friday, December 12. According to the USGS, the magnitude was 6.7. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, the central Pacific coastal areas of Hokkaido, and Miyagi Prefecture.

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Japan: Water Overflows From Fish Tank During Powerful M7.5 Earthquake

A powerful Magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture, northeast Japan around 11:15 p.m. on Monday, December 8, injuring dozens of people and leading to immediate tsunami warnings and evacuation orders for residents. A 70 cm tsunami was observed at Kuji Port in Iwate Prefecture around 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, and all warnings were subsequently lifted.

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China: Crab Seen Releasing Black Smoke-Like Plumes in Fujian

A crab in Fujian, China, was seen releasing thick black smoke-like streams from its mouth on October 25, 2025, astonishing viewers online. Video shows the crab sitting in a tank as dark plumes cloud the water, leaving onlookers baffled by the strange phenomenon.

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China: Fish Leaps Out of Tank and Smacks Little Girl in Sanmenxia Supermarket

On October 12, 2025, in Sanmenxia, a grandfather and his granddaughter stood by the seafood section, watching live fish swim in a tank. The little girl giggled and shouted “Yay!” as she pointed at the fish. Suddenly, one leapt out of the tank and smacked her right in the face before flopping onto the floor.

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China: Arowana Caught Swimming With Turtle in Its Mouth in Tai’an

A video captured a curious aquarium moment in Tai’an on August 30. A golden arowana swam slowly inside a tank with something unusual in its mouth. Clamped between its jaws was a small turtle, which looked helpless as the big fish carried it around. The turtle stretched out its neck as if ready to escape at any moment, but the arowana kept gliding smoothly through the water.

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China: Fish in Supermarket Tank Resembles Human Face

On August 27, 2025, a video from a supermarket in Henan, China, showed a fish flipping onto its back in a tank. Its mouth and fins resembled a human face, drawing laughter from shoppers who filmed the uncanny sight.

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Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, eastern Japan, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, eastern Japan, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, eastern Japan, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Santa Claus at Yokohama Aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, eastern Japan, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Goldfish festival in Tokyo

Goldfish swim in a water tank during a goldfish festival at Art Aquarium Museum Ginza in Tokyo on July 13, 2024. About 150 fish tanks containing a total of 5,000 goldfish are on display at the special summer event that runs through Sept. 25.

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Goldfish festival in Tokyo

Goldfish swim in a water tank during a goldfish festival at Art Aquarium Museum Ginza in Tokyo on July 13, 2024. About 150 fish tanks containing a total of 5,000 goldfish are on display at the special summer event that runs through Sept. 25.

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Renovated aquarium in western Japan

Photo taken May 28, 2024, shows a huge fish tank at Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe, western Japan, ahead of the official opening of the renovated aquarium, formerly known as Suma Aqualife Park, on June 1.

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Beijing International Audiovisual Integrated Equipment and Technology Exhibition

BEIJING, CHIAN - APRIL 17, 2024 - Visitors visit the "meta-universe ecological fish tank screen" at the "Beijing International Audio-visual Integrated Equipment and Technology Exhibition" in Beijing, China, April 17, 2024.

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Cherry anthias in central Japan museum

Brightly colored cherry anthias, a type of fish also known as sakura anthias, with and without white spots across their sides swim in a tank at Tokai University Marine Science Museum in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Sept. 14, 2023.

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Cherry anthias in central Japan museum

A cherry anthias, a type of fish also known as sakura anthias, that has white spots across its sides swims in a tank at Tokai University Marine Science Museum in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Sept. 14, 2023.

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A glimpse of coral display tank in China's Zhuhai

STORY: A glimpse of coral display tank in China's Zhuhai DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: ZHUHAI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tank 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG YUZHU, Guide STORYLINE: A coral breeding tank, which is home to over 30,000 corals and more than 10,000 species of reef fish, has grabbed attention in Hengqin, Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG YUZHU, Guide "Our exhibition tank mainly simulates a natural environment for those living in shallow waters in the wild. We provide them with the best possible environment based on the conditions they experience in the wild." The coral exhibition project is dedicated to biodiversity protection, scientific research, and public education. Corals have important geological and ecological values. Coral reefs help protect the seashore from erosion, and coral bushes serve as habitats for small fish, shrimp and shellfish. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Zhuhai, China

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Fish Farm - Montreal

Arctic Char swim in a freshwater tank at Opercule fish farm in Montreal, Canada, on Thursday, August 10, 2023. Photo by /Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fish Farm - Montreal

Arctic Char swim in a freshwater tank at Opercule fish farm in Montreal, Canada, on Thursday, August 10, 2023. Photo by /Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fish Farm - Montreal

Arctic Char swim in a freshwater tank at Opercule fish farm in Montreal, Canada, on Thursday, August 10, 2023. Photo by /Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fully Automatic Intelligent Live Fish Transport Ship Put Into Use

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 5, 2023 - Various types of equipment are seen on the "Jinghai No.1" live fish transport ship at Bajiao Port in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, June 5, 2023. The ship can transport up to 60 tons of live fish fully loaded. It has functions such as remote fish collection and driving in the fish tank, and is equipped with environmental control and maintenance systems such as water circulation, carbon dioxide removal, water temperature regulation, water quality monitoring and automatic pollution cleaning, which can effectively ensure the high survival rate of live fish when they are transferred from the deep-sea cages of Marine pastures to the land, and improve the economic benefits of far-reaching Marine aquaculture industry.

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Fully Automatic Intelligent Live Fish Transport Ship Put Into Use

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 5, 2023 - The "Jinghai 1" live fish transport ship docked at Bajiao Port in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, June 5, 2023. The ship can transport up to 60 tons of live fish fully loaded. It has functions such as remote fish collection and driving in the fish tank, and is equipped with environmental control and maintenance systems such as water circulation, carbon dioxide removal, water temperature regulation, water quality monitoring and automatic pollution cleaning, which can effectively ensure the high survival rate of live fish when they are transferred from the deep-sea cages of Marine pastures to the land, and improve the economic benefits of far-reaching Marine aquaculture industry.

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Fully Automatic Intelligent Live Fish Transport Ship Put Into Use

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 5, 2023 - Various types of equipment are seen on the "Jinghai No.1" live fish transport ship at Bajiao Port in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, June 5, 2023. The ship can transport up to 60 tons of live fish fully loaded. It has functions such as remote fish collection and driving in the fish tank, and is equipped with environmental control and maintenance systems such as water circulation, carbon dioxide removal, water temperature regulation, water quality monitoring and automatic pollution cleaning, which can effectively ensure the high survival rate of live fish when they are transferred from the deep-sea cages of Marine pastures to the land, and improve the economic benefits of far-reaching Marine aquaculture industry.

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Fully Automatic Intelligent Live Fish Transport Ship Put Into Use

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 5, 2023 - The "Jinghai 1" live fish transport ship docked at Bajiao Port in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, June 5, 2023. The ship can transport up to 60 tons of live fish fully loaded. It has functions such as remote fish collection and driving in the fish tank, and is equipped with environmental control and maintenance systems such as water circulation, carbon dioxide removal, water temperature regulation, water quality monitoring and automatic pollution cleaning, which can effectively ensure the high survival rate of live fish when they are transferred from the deep-sea cages of Marine pastures to the land, and improve the economic benefits of far-reaching Marine aquaculture industry.

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Fully Automatic Intelligent Live Fish Transport Ship Put Into Use

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 5, 2023 - Various types of equipment are seen on the "Jinghai No.1" live fish transport ship at Bajiao Port in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, June 5, 2023. The ship can transport up to 60 tons of live fish fully loaded. It has functions such as remote fish collection and driving in the fish tank, and is equipped with environmental control and maintenance systems such as water circulation, carbon dioxide removal, water temperature regulation, water quality monitoring and automatic pollution cleaning, which can effectively ensure the high survival rate of live fish when they are transferred from the deep-sea cages of Marine pastures to the land, and improve the economic benefits of far-reaching Marine aquaculture industry.

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Fully Automatic Intelligent Live Fish Transport Ship Put Into Use

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 5, 2023 - The "Jinghai 1" live fish transport ship docked at Bajiao Port in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, June 5, 2023. The ship can transport up to 60 tons of live fish fully loaded. It has functions such as remote fish collection and driving in the fish tank, and is equipped with environmental control and maintenance systems such as water circulation, carbon dioxide removal, water temperature regulation, water quality monitoring and automatic pollution cleaning, which can effectively ensure the high survival rate of live fish when they are transferred from the deep-sea cages of Marine pastures to the land, and improve the economic benefits of far-reaching Marine aquaculture industry.

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Fully Automatic Intelligent Live Fish Transport Ship Put Into Use

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 5, 2023 - Various types of equipment are seen on the "Jinghai No.1" live fish transport ship at Bajiao Port in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, June 5, 2023. The ship can transport up to 60 tons of live fish fully loaded. It has functions such as remote fish collection and driving in the fish tank, and is equipped with environmental control and maintenance systems such as water circulation, carbon dioxide removal, water temperature regulation, water quality monitoring and automatic pollution cleaning, which can effectively ensure the high survival rate of live fish when they are transferred from the deep-sea cages of Marine pastures to the land, and improve the economic benefits of far-reaching Marine aquaculture industry.

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Fully Automatic Intelligent Live Fish Transport Ship Put Into Use

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 5, 2023 - Various types of equipment are seen on the "Jinghai No.1" live fish transport ship at Bajiao Port in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, June 5, 2023. The ship can transport up to 60 tons of live fish fully loaded. It has functions such as remote fish collection and driving in the fish tank, and is equipped with environmental control and maintenance systems such as water circulation, carbon dioxide removal, water temperature regulation, water quality monitoring and automatic pollution cleaning, which can effectively ensure the high survival rate of live fish when they are transferred from the deep-sea cages of Marine pastures to the land, and improve the economic benefits of far-reaching Marine aquaculture industry.

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Fully Automatic Intelligent Live Fish Transport Ship Put Into Use

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 5, 2023 - The "Jinghai 1" live fish transport ship docked at Bajiao Port in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, June 5, 2023. The ship can transport up to 60 tons of live fish fully loaded. It has functions such as remote fish collection and driving in the fish tank, and is equipped with environmental control and maintenance systems such as water circulation, carbon dioxide removal, water temperature regulation, water quality monitoring and automatic pollution cleaning, which can effectively ensure the high survival rate of live fish when they are transferred from the deep-sea cages of Marine pastures to the land, and improve the economic benefits of far-reaching Marine aquaculture industry.

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New aquarium recruits start by cleaning fish tank from inside

TSU, Japan - Two male recruits, Asuka Imagawa (L), 20, and Ryosuke Okita, 23, at Toba Aquarium in Toba, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, clean the inside wall of a fish tank using sponges during an underwater initiation ceremony on March 31, 2014, as fish and turtles swim around.

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Large tank being dissembled

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - An 11-meter-tall fish oil tank shown being dissembled in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2012. The tank, painted like a huge whale meat can, had sat on its side on the median of a road since being washed away from a seafood factory by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Large tank being dissembled

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - An 11-meter-tall fish oil tank shown being dissembled in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2012. The tank, painted like a huge whale meat can, had sat on its side on the median of a road since being washed away from a seafood factory by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Sunshine Aquarium

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at rays and fish swimming in the Sunshine Lagoon tank on the first floor of Sunshine Aquarium, located on the roof of a building in the Sunshine City commercial complex in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Aug. 1, 2011. The aquarium reopened on Aug. 4 after about a year of renovation.

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Aquarium's initiation ceremony in water tank

TSU, Japan - New employees of Toba Aquarium in Toba, Mie Prefecture, participate in an entrance ceremony with fish and a sea turtle in an aqua tank on March 31, 2011.

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Fish from Amazon at Tochigi aquarium

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Large fish from the Amazon River swim in a tank at Nakagawa Aquatic Park in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 29, 2010. The park has been inviting children to swim with the fish in the tank during a hands-on event Aug. 24.

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'Aquarium' in Tokyo's Ginza district

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians look at fish and other animals from the sea in Okinawa in a water tank in Tokyo's fashionable Ginza district on July 24, 2010. The tank is on display until Aug. 31 and is lit up in the evening.

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'Aquarium' in Tokyo's Ginza district

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians look at fish and other animals from the sea in Okinawa in a water tank in Tokyo's fashionable Ginza district on July 24, 2010. The tank is on display until Aug. 31 and is lit up in the evening.

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Christmas tree at aquarium in Fukui Pref.

FUKUI, Japan - Breeding staff wearing Santa Claus costumes set up a 3-meter-high Christmas tree in a water tank at Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in the town of Mikuni, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2009. Some 3,000 fish of 20 kinds swim in the tank, which measures 10 meters in width and 6 meters in depth.

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Initiation ceremony in water at aquarium

TSU, Japan - Visitors watch an initiation ceremony for a new employee in an acrylic water tank at the Toba Aquarium in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, on April 1. Chiaki Sawayama, surrounded by about 300 fish and turtles of 100 kinds, received a letter of approval for her recruitment from a deputy chief of the aquarium during the ceremony. An estimated 820,000 new recruits marked their first day of work across Japan the same day.

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Rare 'marimo' algae balls found in Aomori lake

AOMORI, Japan - A girl looks at ''marimo'' algae balls in a fish tank at Aquarium Asamushi in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, on Jan. 10. The greenish algae balls which have been found in Lake Ogawara in the northern Japan prefecture since last fall have drawn scientists' attention as it is rare for the algae to live in lakes such as Ogawara in which fresh and salt water is mixed. Marimos are a type of algae formed by many small strings of algae tangling together in a spherical pattern, forming a velvety green surface.

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Tora-fugu now can be raised in a tank of fresh water

OKAYAMA, Japan - The Japanese delicacy tora-fugu is a species of puffer fish that lives in sea water. Now, a research team at Okayama University of Science Professional Training College in Okayama Prefecture has succeeded breeding them in fresh water. The trick, the researchers there say, is to add a small amount of electrolytes into the water. The taste of fresh water-raised tora-fugu, the students involved in the project say, is ''really tasty.''

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Donut-shaped water tank attracts tourists

TOYOOKA, Japan - Visitors to the Kinosaki Marine World in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, enjoy watching fish from inside a donut-shaped water tank just completed at the aquarium on May 2.

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Santa Claus at Tokyo aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2022.

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Santa Claus at Tokyo aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2022.

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Santa Claus at Tokyo aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2022.

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Robot fish unveiled

A sea bream swimming in a water tank is not a real one but a robot developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Measuring 60 centimeters long and weighing 2.6 kilograms, it swims at a speed of 25 cm per second on a set of built-in batteries embedded inside the body. Mitsubishi says the robot, that costs ''between tens and hundreds million yen'' including a tank and remote-control device, will be made available in other fish species.

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Santa Claus at Osaka aquarium

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in western Japan on Nov. 25, 2022.