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Undated photo of a bream fish at a river lock in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, Netherlands, where a "fish doorbell" was installed that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds. (Visdeurbel via AP)

A Dutch ‘fish doorbell’ has turned into an unlikely online hit combining slow TV and ecology

The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a “fish doorbell” that allows denizens of the internet to give a helping hand to denizens of the deep in their springtime swim to shallow spawning grounds.

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands reviews the honor guard after arriving to meet with Kenya's President William Ruto at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

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Filipino Catholic priest Flavie Villanueva, left, consoles Melinda Lafuente, as she holds the urn containing the remains of her son Angelo, during an interment ceremony for victims of extrajudicial killings, at the "Dambana ng Paghilom" or Shrine of Healing inside a cemetery in Caloocan City, Philippines, Wednesday March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Kimberley Bos, of The Netherlands, is embraced after her run during fourth run at the skeleton world championships, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Anselm Kiefer adjust a piece of his artwork The Starry Night during a press preview of the Anselm Kiefer exhibit at the Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Online fish doorbell draws millions of fans ‘ringing the bell’ to help fish swim through river lock

The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a “fish doorbell” on a river lock, allowing viewers of an online livestream to alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds. (AP Video: Aleks Furtula)

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King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands, right, and Queen Maxima, walk in a potato field during their visit in Xylophagou village, Cyprus, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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This undated image provided by the Drents Museum shows the golden Cotofenesti helmet. (Drents Museum via AP)

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This image taken from video shows Harry Tupan, Drents Museum director, speaking during a news conference, in front of an image of the ancient golden Cotofenesti helmet, at the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (RTL Nieuws via AP)

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An archivist opens a sliding file cabinet where documents, some regarding WWII collaboration, are stored at the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Aleks Furtula)

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People in costumes from Charles Dickens' 19th-century English era take part in a Dickens Festival, in Deventer, Netherlands, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Firefighters stand by a destroyed building at the site of an explosion which destroyed several apartments and injured multiple people, at The Hague, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)

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United States goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher gestures during the international friendly women's soccer match between the Netherlands and the United States at the ADO Den Haag Stadium in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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