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COVID-19 effect: Humans stay indoors, animals venture out

The quiet left behind by humans due to coronavirus lockdown is being filled by animal life

Published: April 19, 2020 14:21 Last updated: April 21, 2020 15:08 Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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A coyote — 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. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of PTI13-04-2020_000158B-1587290710197 — 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. Image Credit: PTI

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puma — 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. Image Credit: REUTERS

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kangaroo — A kangaroo hops through empty streets during the lockdown restrictions in Adelaide, Australia. Image Credit: 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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deer — A man feeds deer in Harold Hill housing estate in Romford, Britain. Image Credit: REUTERS

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hawk — 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. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 841344-01-08-1587290729432 — A racoon walks over the running path in almost deserted Central Park in Manhattan. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of PTI18-04-2020_000238B-1587290727180 — A badger is seen on a deserted road, in Prayagraj, India. Image Credit: PTI

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Copy of Pictures_of_the_Week_Photo_Gallery-Global_87407.jpg-61304-1587290694677 — A pack of jackals eats dog food that was left for them by a woman at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 783076-01-08-1587290704447 — Ducks are pictured in front of the Comedie Francaise, Place Colette, in Paris. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-04-17T093548Z_81380020_RC286G9W0V7J_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ISRAEL-BOARS-1587290721772 — Wild boars cross a road in a residential area in Haifa, northern Israel. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of SCI-VIRUS-WILDLIFE-1587290733855 — 5f186b8c-7089-40bf-b475-9c93ca50dd17 Image Credit: NYT

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Copy of 20200411070L-1587290718151 — Peacocks seen on a rooftop of a closed NDMC shop at Green Park in New Delhi. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 814448-01-08-1587290696564 — Two deers wandering around Boissy-Saint-Leger, near Paris. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 818745-01-08-1587290707416 — Two ducks walk across an empty street in Paris. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 840516-01-08-1587290724591 — Wild boars eat the grass in a garden close to a residential buildings in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Israel_Jackals_Photo_Essay_40672.jpg-3f187~1-1587290690720 — People jog near a jackal at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-04-12T142513Z_55020351_RC223G9ZX66Z_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1587290714790 — A peacock stands in front of the door of a closed bar, in the old town in Ronda, southern Spain. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-06T194211Z_1200377615_RC27ZF9I1NBB_RTRMADP_3_AUSTRIA-ANIMALS-1587290699620 — Deers stand in a field in front of houses near Ernstbrunn, Austria. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-10T185531Z_2050293626_RC2U1G9RXJDO_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-FRANCE-1587290702540 — Ducks are seen near The Comedie Francaise in Paris. Image Credit: REUTERS

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