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

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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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    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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    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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    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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    A man feeds deer in Harold Hill housing estate in Romford, Britain. Image Credit: REUTERS
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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. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A racoon walks over the running path in almost deserted Central Park in Manhattan. Image Credit: AFP
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    A badger is seen on a deserted road, in Prayagraj, India. Image Credit: PTI
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    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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    Ducks are pictured in front of the Comedie Francaise, Place Colette, in Paris. Image Credit: AFP
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    Wild boars cross a road in a residential area in Haifa, northern Israel. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Peacocks seen on a rooftop of a closed NDMC shop at Green Park in New Delhi. Image Credit: ANI
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    Two deers wandering around Boissy-Saint-Leger, near Paris. Image Credit: AFP
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    Two ducks walk across an empty street in Paris. Image Credit: 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. Image Credit: AFP
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    People jog near a jackal at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel. Image Credit: AP
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    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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    Deers stand in a field in front of houses near Ernstbrunn, Austria. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Ducks are seen near The Comedie Francaise in Paris. Image Credit: REUTERS

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