With Italy in lockdown, it seems nature is reclaiming its place.
Currently in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic, Italian citizens have been videoed singing, exercising and partying in isolation from their balcony apartments. It’s been an uplifting sight in a country that has so far been ravaged by the virus, and now we have some more not-so-gloomy news to hopefully make your isolation a little less sad…
With human’s in Italy locked up inside, animals have begun to reclaim territory that has either been crowded or polluted by humans. Dolphins have been seen swimming in the port of Calgary, whilst the undisturbed waters of the Venice canals have allowed sediment to sink to the bottom, meaning fish can be seen swimming in the turquoise waters.
Swans have also returned to the canal and ducks have been seen in the fountains of Rome as shown in the tweets below:
Boars in the middle of my hometown, dolphins in the port of Cagliari, ducks in the fountains in Rome, Venice canals have now clean water full of fishes. Air pollution dropped. Nature is reclaiming its spaces during quarantine in Italy. #COVID19 #COVIDー19 pic.twitter.com/dr6QILfF9V
— Francesco Delrio (@Cosodelirante) March 15, 2020
Without the traffic of ships and ferries, dolphins have reappeared.
Sardinia, Italy 🌎❤️🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/9HrpyDJnAU
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) March 18, 2020
La natura si riprende I suoi spazi #venice #life #fish #canal #clearwater #nature #urbanwildlife #resilience pic.twitter.com/jsPDW3I7Lx
— Venezia Pulita / Clean Venice (@VeneziaPulita) March 10, 2020
Even the dolphins are back at the shore in some parts of Italy, because ferries and other boats no longer disturb them.https://t.co/b4dpmOPYPt
— Gigi ☯️ (@dergigi) March 17, 2020
