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Move over Fat Bear Week, it’s Fish Doorbell season.

Every spring, fish wait at the Weerdsluis lock in the Netherlands while traveling to their spawning grounds. Unless of course, you ring the doorbell and let them bass...uh, pass.

The visdeurbel or “fish doorbell” is an underwater live stream that lets viewers tell lock operators to open the gate and unclog fish traffic.

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