Coronavirus lockdowns globally have given parts of the
natural world a rare opportunity to experience life with hardly any
humans around.
Animals in urban areas are exploring emptied streets and waterways, and delighting human inhabitants along the way.
While
many of these are not unique sightings, the human restrictions due to
the coronavirus pandemic seem to have given animals the confidence to go
deeper into our cities and stay for longer.
Others are enjoying
having nature reserves and parks all to themselves, and some authorities
report a boom in wildlife while tourists are away.
The Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey is normally one of the world's
busiest marine routes. Huge tankers, cargo ships and passenger boats
criss-cross the straits that cut the city in half 24 hours a day.
Now,
with a lull in traffic and fishermen staying at home during the city's
lockdown, dolphins are swimming and jumping in the waters.
It's
not uncommon to spot the tell-tale dots of a dolphin from the city's
quays, far away in the distance. But videos posted by residents of the
animals swimming near the banks show how much closer to the city they're
happy to come now.
Dolphins "are coming closer to the edge
of the water as the terror of uncontrolled anglers on the shoreline has
temporarily stopped," a ship spotter who has photographed dolphins in
the past told AFP.
"Wild boars take over Haifa as residents stuck inside," said the headline in Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Boars
were seen snuffling and foraging for food around the city of Haifa
before the pandemic, but the absence of humans has encouraged them
further, residents say.
"It's time for love," an environmental expert said about flamingos arriving in Albania to mate
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"It's time for love," an environmental expert said about flamingos arriving in Albania to mate 
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