The bit at the end about FaceTiming eels reminded me of this study where video calls were used to enrich parrots.
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This was a cool read, thanks for sharing it. I hope some of the birds got to continue making calls after the study was done
Ah, I love sunfish. The aquarium should contact me, I'll be the official fish friend.
Hey this is exactly what I do when I'm lonely. Me and my 2D boys just get together to play poker and smash a few brewskies.
Poor fishy! 
I hope its friends come back soon.
Once visitors stopped coming, it stopped eating its jellyfish meals and began to rub its body against the tank.
It is so difficult for people to grasp just how deeply entrenched carnism is as an ideology, to the point that "orphan crushing machine" stories such as this are seen as somehow positive by most.
To clarify, I am not referring to the OP or comments on this post, rather the reception of these types of stories in general, whereas in the case of humans it's very easy to spot the contradictions.