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Ben Tre fish farm attracts visitors with well-trained carp

A fish farm in the southern province of Ben Tre has become a popular tourist attraction due to its well-trained carp.

A fish farm in the southern province of Ben Tre has become a popular tourist attraction due to its well-trained carp.


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Visitors feed the carp at Con Phung Fish Farm in Ben Tre Province

Visitors to Con Phung Fish Farm in Chau Thanh District are amazed at the carp which can be fed using children's milk bottles.

The carp have been trained to respond to people's calls and eat food from bottles by the farm's owner Tran Huu Tho for over a year.


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The 36-year-old farmer shared that people in his area live on fish farming and ecological tourism and he wanted to create something special to introduce to visitors.


"I decided to start training the fish to play and entertain visitors in early 2021," Tho said. "I tried with over 1,000 carp because I see that carp are unafraid of humans."

During the first training days, Tho hung the bottles containing food over the fish ponds to let the fish become familiar with sucking the food from the bottles. Then he gradually came closer to the pond and held the bottles when feeding the fish.


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"Three months later, the fish let the first visitors feed them and touch them," Tho said. "Our farm and our carp have become famous and we are receiving hundreds of visitors every day."


A visitor, Tran Thi Loan, said that she came from the northern province of Nam Dinh and decided to visit the farm during a visit to Ben Tre.


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"Me and especially the children really enjoy the time with the carps here," the visitor said. "We can feed them and touch them while they suck the dummies like children. They are so cute."

Source: dtinews.vn
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