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A Toba Aquarium isopod became famous for refusing food
Giant isopods are adapted to food scarcity in the deep sea. A captive animal known as No. 1 at Japan’s Toba Aquarium repeatedly refused offered food and became famous for going five years without eating before its death in 2014. This was an individual record, not a guarantee for every animal.
Daily meals are not a universal pattern of animal life.
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