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by TheChaplain 2243 days ago
Sure it could be done, but this is also a PR-event to advertise for the Aquarium and a way to show off the eels to people.

At least it worked on me, I spent 2h digging through wikipedia and Youtube about Garden Eels.

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Is part of the fauna of Europe and US. You can find native Garden Eels in tropical but also temperate areas. Cool creatures. I had seen them in the wild and it was a strange experience. Like seeing a lawn growing backwards.

There are more cheap and simple solutions than video-chat (figures printed on cardboard and cut for example), so we can safely assume that eel eye reaction to screen flickering is not the real point here.