Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat with eels
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Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat with eels
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#2Okay never more irritated to not have the contact details! Did I miss them somewhere in the article?
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#3Here’s the Japanese news post by the Sumida Aquarium, which includes the Email addresses to FaceTime the eels:
https://www.sumida-aquarium.com/news/details/2236/
A shame that The Guardian’s article did not include a backlink to it.
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#4I’d like to show them my hovercraft.
Re: Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat with eels
#5Maybe this reaction is natural and good. Perhaps they are in a worse state when people are constantly interrupting their lives?
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#6Although I think this is wonderful, I wonder is there a non-public outreach reason for not just showing pre-recorded videos of people?
I’m also curious about how well these eels can perceive screens. Some animals seem to be able to process things on a screen while others seem to totally ignore it. Is there some biological difference here, maybe the frequencies of light emitted by a TV/monitor being designed for human eyes?
Re: Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat with eels
#7Here’s the Japanese news post by the Sumida Aquarium, which includes the Email addresses to FaceTime the eels: https://www.sumida-aquarium.com/news/details/2236/ A shame that The Guardian’s article did not include a backlink to it.
It's absurdly common with news articles. They never link the stats/paper/organisation. I often wonder about the amount of collective time spent by individuals simply trying to find the data summarised in an article.
For all the lamenting about the media's decline there's plenty of amateur blogs out there that manage to link their sources when writing an article.
Re: Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat with eels
#8Here’s the Japanese news post by the Sumida Aquarium, which includes the Email addresses to FaceTime the eels: https://www.sumida-aquarium.com/news/details/2236/ A shame that The Guardian’s article did not include a backlink to it.
It's absurdly common with news articles. They never link the stats/paper/organisation. I often wonder about the amount of collective time spent by individuals simply trying to find the data summarised in an article. For all the lamenting about the media's decline there's plenty of amateur blogs out there that manage to link their sources when writing an article.
My pet peeve is when news organizations write about a court case (whether civil, like a lawsuit, or criminal) and forget to include (1) the court name and docket number so you can look up the status and filings yourself; (2) a copy of the latest filings to date (this can be harder to do depending on your platform).
Re: Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat with eels
#9Here’s the Japanese news post by the Sumida Aquarium, which includes the Email addresses to FaceTime the eels: https://www.sumida-aquarium.com/news/details/2236/ A shame that The Guardian’s article did not include a backlink to it.
It's absurdly common with news articles. They never link the stats/paper/organisation. I often wonder about the amount of collective time spent by individuals simply trying to find the data summarised in an article. For all the lamenting about the media's decline there's plenty of amateur blogs out there that manage to link their sources when writing an article.
It's even more infuriating when certain words have a link you would expect to be the source, but it turns out the link only leads to a sub-category of news about the word.
Re: Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat with eels
#10Here’s the Japanese news post by the Sumida Aquarium, which includes the Email addresses to FaceTime the eels: https://www.sumida-aquarium.com/news/details/2236/ A shame that The Guardian’s article did not include a backlink to it.
It's absurdly common with news articles. They never link the stats/paper/organisation. I often wonder about the amount of collective time spent by individuals simply trying to find the data summarised in an article. For all the lamenting about the media's decline there's plenty of amateur blogs out there that manage to link their sources when writing an article.
This is my biggest pet peeve with news in general. Why does a high school paper have more rigor in terms of citations than the average post from a major news organization? It honestly drives me crazy.
How in the world can a majority of major news organizations not overcome the hurdle of... adding links to what they're covering..?
It makes digesting political news all but impossible.