Coronavirus pandemic is taking the lives of hundreds all over the world. The total number of global cases has passed 1 million because of which a majority of the population globally has been advised to remain indoors and practice social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown has taken a toll on the global economy and routine life. India is also advised to follow a 21-day lockdown to control coronavirus pandemic.
In this unprecedented time of crisis, nature is rebooting itself. Besides this chaos, the only positive aspect is the unexpected change in the environment. Earlier this pandemic, the people were so busy in themselves that they were ignoring the hints of nature.
On one hand, the humans right now are engaged in isolating and quarantining themselves. On the other, the animals appear to have gotten a temporary hold sway over cities. The animals are roaming around the cities as there is no rush on the roads.
Exquisite moments of the wild animals moving freely in the cities are shared online on different social media platforms not just from India but around the world. The people around the world are recording these rare instances and more pictures and videos emerging each day.
Here are some of the golden instances captured by the locals around the country.
One of the Indian Forest Officers Susanta Nanda uploaded a video of the heard of Spotted Deer on Twitter with the caption Nature rebooting itself. The heard was roaming freely on the streets to Tirupati city of Andhra Pradesh.
Nature rebooting itself ?
A herd of Spotted deer on the road to Tirupati. pic.twitter.com/eJrCTzjRzp— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) March 28, 2020
The three Sambar deer were roaming freely at night on the streets of Uttarakhand. The same Indian Forest Officer Susanta Nanda uploaded a video on twitter with the caption. “Now Spotted deer herds on the road. Sender says that it’s near Rajaji National park. Wildlife claiming their space. (For some Cynical about WL reclaiming its area on my earlier posts-This is a recent video. Effects of lockdown. Not fake.)” and with another comment, he corrected that “These are Sambar, my friends. Not spotted dear. Sorry for the bad eyesight without glass” The dogs were barking on them as they are not used to see wildlife on the streets.
Now Spotted deer herds on the road.
Sender says that it’s near Rajaji National park. Wildlife really claiming their space?
( For some Cynical about WL reclaiming it’s area on my earlier posts-This is a recent video. Effects of lockdown. Not fake?) pic.twitter.com/zy00IewZIS— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) March 27, 2020
In Kerala, the Elephant takes a roam to streets to inspect lockdown.
A viral video shows an elephant strolling on the near-empty streets of Kerala. The video was uploaded on Twitter by the IFS officer Sudha Ramen which she got from WhatsApp with the caption “Meanwhile, a tusker inspects the implementation of the lockdown in Kerala near Wayanad.”
Meanwhile, a Tusker inspects the implementation of the lockdown in Kerala near Wayanad. pic.twitter.com/GTf1FkAMMg
— Sudha Ramen IFS ?? (@SudhaRamenIFS) March 29, 2020
A video of a gigantic Indian Bison roaming around the markets of Karnataka amid lockdown has gone viral on the internet. The empty streets, low noise, and less pollution are attracting wildlife to the cities. The video was uploaded by the Indian Forest Officer Susanta Nanda with the caption saying that a rare large Indian Bison, also known as The Gaur was spotted walking in the deserted market area. The largest extant Bovine is native to South and Southeast Asia and can be very aggressive and is rare to be seen in markets, he added.
Indian Bison( the gaur) goes for a street walk?
The largest extant Bovine, is native to South & SE Asia. Can be very aggressive. Rare to see in markets? pic.twitter.com/z4AYNpeUQt— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) March 26, 2020
In Mumbai Maharashtra, Mumbaikars spotted a wonderful sight of a peacock. Mumbai-based photographer Manav Manglani shared pictures and videos of peacocks enjoying the empty streets. Manav uploaded the pictures and videos of peacocks with the caption “Full bloom. The peacocks are out and dancing on the empty streets of #Mumbai”
Twitter is amazed by the video of Nilgai walking freely on the empty roads of Noida. The video was shared by journalist, Ananya Bhattacharya with the caption, “This is unbelievable. Nilgai takes over #Noida streets. Not bad a video to watch during #Lockdown21. (Video via #WhatsApp)”
This is unbelievable. Nilgai takes over #Noida streets. Not bad a video to watch during #Lockdown21. ❤️
(Video via #WhatsApp) pic.twitter.com/IfHJIQfPgS— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) March 27, 2020
Wildlife sightings are increasing across the country, it seems like the wildlife came to see, what happened to humans, why are they so silent. This shows the Mother Nature is advising humans to be humane to her. Post this lockdown, hope the people all around the world will learn to give nature its space and reduce interference. Therefore, it looks like nature has its way to balance what’s unequal or not right for it.