With around half of humanity indoors, under some form of lockdown to escape the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, the animal kingdom is presenting interesting developments. | Above: A coyote stands by the roadside at Golden Gate Bridge View Vista Point across from San Francisco.
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The cacophony of human activity is being replaced by chirping birds not heard otherwise, or the sighting of bold packs of scavengers used to hiding timidly in city parks. | Above: Peacocks walk on a lane near Lodhi road, in New Delhi.
PTI
3/20
Animals encroached upon and pushed to the edges of cities are slowly venturing into spaces left silent by human beings. | Above: A puma climbs a wall at dawn in a neighbourhood before being captured and taken to a zoo, in Santiago, Chile. Chilean authorities captured at least three cougars during lockdown.
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A kangaroo hops through empty streets during the lockdown restrictions in Adelaide, Australia.
A kangaroo hops through empty streets during the lockdown restrictions in Adelaide, Australia, April 19, 2020. South Australia Police/via REUTERS
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A man feeds deer in Harold Hill housing estate in Romford, Britain.
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A red-tailed hawk feasts on a pigeon in the Sheep Meadow of Central Park with the skyline of midtown Manhattan in the background in New York City.
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A racoon walks over the running path in almost deserted Central Park in Manhattan.
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8/20
A badger is seen on a deserted road, in Prayagraj, India.
PTI
9/20
A pack of jackals eats dog food that was left for them by a woman at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel.
AP
10/20
Ducks are pictured in front of the Comedie Francaise, Place Colette, in Paris.
AFP
11/20
Wild boars cross a road in a residential area in Haifa, northern Israel.
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Peacocks seen on a rooftop of a closed NDMC shop at Green Park in New Delhi.
ANI
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Two deers wandering around Boissy-Saint-Leger, near Paris.
AFP
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Two ducks walk across an empty street in Paris.
AFP
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Wild boars eat the grass in a garden close to a residential buildings in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.
AFP
17/20
People jog near a jackal at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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A peacock stands in front of the door of a closed bar, in the old town in Ronda, southern Spain.
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19/20
Deers stand in a field in front of houses near Ernstbrunn, Austria.
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20/20
Ducks are seen near The Comedie Francaise in Paris.