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As we've seen already, animals seem to be pouring into the city streets as people retreat to their shelters amidst the COVID-19 lockdown. And while at first it was only deer, boars, horses, and sheep taking over the civilized world, now it seems like countless others have joined the cause all around the world. And this time, even dangerous predators like bears, mountain lions, and wild pumas are prowling in the streets.
We reached out to one man who witnessed a gator casually strolling in Myrtle Beach in broad daylight to get a first-hand report of the events. "When I first saw the gator, I didn’t think it was real. I thought somebody was playing a practical joke on me," Clifford Sosis told Bored Panda. "I like to take dangerous hikes in interesting places with my dog Daisy, hikes where I might be bitten by snakes and gators," the man explained and also added that recently, his expeditions have grown fewer and fewer since the birth of his son.
Clifford is a philosophy lecturer at Coastal Carolina University who runs a website featuring autobiographical interviews with philosophers.
"On the day I took the gator video, I went to Barefoot Landing because I was trying to avoid danger! Shortly after I took this video, I was watching the gator, and a security guard, the only other person in Barefoot Landing at the time, didn’t see it and almost ran into it," Sosis revealed. "When I told him to watch his step, he was shocked! He said he thought there were no longer gators in the area." The man also added that some people on the internet have reported seeing gators in the area as well. "I’ve been living in Myrtle Beach for 6 years and I’ve never seen a gator in Barefoot Landing. Definitely not in the parking lot!" Sosis concluded.
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Harold Hill In Romford, East London
savannah burrows 5 years ago
I would do nothing but put out little plates of carrots apples and other fruits and admire them from the window
Jennifer Plowman 5 years ago
Some allow you to hand feed them. This happens all the time In Harold Hill its a daily thing even before the virus.
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Cynthia Preston 5 years ago
I just want to say Please DO NOT FEED THE WILD ANIMALS VISITING OUR TOWNS AND CITIES. If you habituate them to being fed they will NOT return to their norm habitats when life returns to new normal after this pandemic has vanished. They will then be subject to death by truck car. You will also be sujecting yourselves and your children to attack by mother deer and by rutting males come fall. In north american towns a d cities previously discrete coyotes, coywolves and other predators will be lingering in back alleys and parks watching and being tempted by your little ones. Indeed you should probably be out there banging your pots and pans chasing them off. Keep wildlife wild for their own and yours protection. Thank you.
AnnieLaurie Burke 5 years ago
If we're still in Q in December, this homeowner will have his Christmas lawn decorations all set.
Linda Robinett 5 years ago
We had deer eating our gardens already before any social distancing.
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Fox Sleeping On A Tree Stump In The Backyard
Nevi Løvfelt 5 years ago
They must feel they are in paradise. No strange humans to walk around.
Dutch VanZandt 5 years ago
I spot foxes in the fields near my house sometimes but I have never encountered one taking a nap on a log...
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Mountain Lions Roaming The Resident Area
Full Name 5 years ago
These aren't cougars. I see no evidence of a fake tan.
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Eulalie Grace 5 years ago (edited)
Those are two adults - probably a mother and her older female kit - and coming up on the right is her young cougar. You can see his/her spots, and he/she has a tail, so not a bobcat Probably one of maybe three or four kits. And very awesome.
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Gamer Kakatron Da potato Salad Elf 5 years ago
Rest in peace all the cats that ever dare to go outside...
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A Photo Of A Coyote In San Francisco Taken With A Zoom Lens From Inside The Photographer's Car
Jennifer Stegman 5 years ago
I totally know that coyote! We have a sign here in the headlands (the area where this picture is taken) with his picture on it saying "don't feed the coyote" and he regularly sits right next to it, in the same position as in the photo, waiting for people to pull over and give him food. Will legit walk along side you as you're walking to work from your car.... (no I've never fed it)
Madzdad the bard 5 years ago
That is actually on the Marin Headlands which is a national recreation area, San Francisco is across the Golden Gate.
AnnieLaurie Burke 5 years ago
We got them in town when I lived in CA, and they are all over the place here in rural WA.
Linda Robinett 5 years ago
I saw them in town when I was in Southern California but never in a city like San Francisco.
Fran Stateler 5 years ago
We have lots of wildlife around the Bay but they are usually shyer than this.
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Lambs Seen Playing On Children's Playground Roundabout In Preston
Eulalie Grace 5 years ago
We had given serious thought into getting a few sheep to keep our lawn trimmed. But our city ordinances won't let us do it
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TheExtremeSmell 5 years ago
It’s just slowly spinning with blacked out lambs on and around it. They’ll be fine they’re just counting sheep
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Steve Dunn 5 years ago
The one running would sort of be in the same place, so maybe (s)he wouldn't get sick . The one going round and round might get sick though.
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A Wild Puma Was Captured In The Streets Of Santiago, Chile On March 24, 2020
Melusine 5 years ago
He was taken to a zoo for a veterinary checkup (was perfectly healthy) and then released into the wild again. Since then two other pumas, both females, showed up in other parts of the city. This is all extremely strange, they must've come from very far away out of the Andes.
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Denis Brown 5 years ago
"A Wild Puma..." Are there any other kind? Even ones in captivity aren't tame or domesticated. They remain wild animals.
Eulalie Grace 5 years ago
That cat is very frightened by people here. They should just leave it the hell alone and let it go on its way.
Teresa Groth 5 years ago
Leaving it alone is the best thing to do for it’s sake and the persons!
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A Wild Deer, From A Herd Used To Be Fed By The Local Population, Roams In Sri Lanka
Kim Bush 5 years ago
It possibly could be, practically all of these pics have been proven to be fake weeks ago
Load More Replies... melbfk 5 years ago
If people have been feeding it, will it be able to fend for itself if kind souls don't feed it anymore?
Vino Illesinghe 5 years ago
People will always feed them in Sri Lanka. Even if they themselves go hungry they will feed the kids and animals.
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Faith Nicole 5 years ago
Such a beauty... come to my yard, I'll feed you. with the deer i already have, you'll blend right in 🥰
Just Carmen 5 years ago
This makes me sad. If they were getting their food from humans, how are they getting any now?
Bhante Sugatha 5 years ago
Herd of deers can be seen any time in trincomalee town east of sri lanka not only this situation but also normal situation there.its normal but this time deers might think where are the peoples these days.
Jaina Young 5 years ago
I believe this is an axis deer (chital). They were imported into the States at one time... when I visit my in-laws in Texas, we see them every now and then.
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Mountain Goats Spotted In The Welsh Town Of Llandudno
Kapil Shrestha 5 years ago
These beautiful creatures may be trying to recapture their old habitat. Not bad
Dutch VanZandt 5 years ago
Goats do tend to eat everything they aren't meant to... (from a former goat farmer).
Teresa Groth 5 years ago
My question would be is this happening now because people are now home and see them more?
Caroleann Mc Callion 5 years ago
In this specific case, no. Llandudno is a small seaside town, and the goats live on a great lump of limestone sticking out of the Irish Sea called The Great Orme. They're shy of humans, despite it being a well visited tourist area. They do come down from time to time, when the weather up there is really bad. The town just happens to be there as far as they're concerned. The last time they came downhill to avoid a storm, they caused merry hell lol. I think they prefer it when people aren't around.
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Dozens Of Squirrels In A Santa Monica Park
Wiilka Qarniga 5 years ago
Lol since the celebrities are in lock down,tmz is now reporting on the wild life. I guess they still have to come up with click baites.
Eulalie Grace 5 years ago
I'd rather watch squirrels, or other wildlife. They're much more interesting, and honest, than any celebrity.
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Dianna Siever 5 years ago
This person must have never been outside in the US before. Squires are everywhere!
Linda Robinett 5 years ago
Since when is that unusual? I remember squirrels having no fear on my very busy University campus, years ago. I see them pretty much daily in my Northern California neighborhood.
Madison Wright 5 years ago
How interesting. I myself have never seen a squirrel in the wild before. Only in zoos
Eulalie Grace 5 years ago
Ah - you speak my language. Sarcasm is my medium.
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Up All Night 5 years ago
Like tiny, fat, fluffy tailed cows. Best days of their life.
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Moose Running Loose In Utena, Lithuania
Captain Marvellous ♥️ 5 years ago
They a VERY big and literally as solid as a brick wall
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Sharon Hyatt 5 years ago
That may be a female Moose; they are much bigger than deer and have no horns as the males do.....
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
This is not a moose, it is an elk since this Alces alces is a European one. The animal called elk in America is the Cervus elaphus, otherwise known as a Wapiti. Elk meat is delicious!
Richard Russell 5 years ago
Nothing unusual about that. Moose wander streets of Anchorage, Fairbanks, and other Aladskan cities all the time.
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Seal Rests By The Urumea River In Spain
Ana Arena 5 years ago
When my mom was a kid (60's) they had a baby cachalot on the port as well
(((Sherlocat))) she/her 5 years ago
What is a cachalot? I've never heard of it.
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Nilgai Running Around In The Streets Of Noida, India
Rubeus Hagrid 5 years ago
The nilgai or blue bull is the largest Asian antelope and is found across northern India
katboxjanitor 5 years ago
Had to google it... The nilgai or blue bull (/ˈnɪlˌɡaɪ/; literally meaning "blue bull"; Boselaphus tragocamelus) is the largest Asian antelope and is ubiquitous across the northern Indian subcontinent.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
The nilgai (or blue bull) is the largest Asian antelope and is found across the northern Indian subcontinent but there is also a large feral population in Texas(!).
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A Deer Was Spotted Running Around In Chandigarh, India
Sasha Ross 5 years ago
That civet is not well. It shouldnt be walking around during the day and its just too slow.
Jillian Lloyd 5 years ago
Yes; his mouth is open like he’s panting and his tail is dragging on the ground. It would have been better if that person put down his camera and gave the poor creature some water. It’s just so sad. 😞
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Faith Nicole 5 years ago
I hope that spotted cat looking animal was alright.. poor thing was panting, walking real slow and that beautiful tail was just dragging on the ground. Beautiful animal seems like he needs help. With everybody in lockdown, yes they still have natural food sources but they still need help from time to time. Who ever took this video, i pray was smart enough to call someone and get that beauty some help. 😥
Eulalie Grace 5 years ago
Civets are nocturnal. I agree with everyone here. That animal needs help - very ill.
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A Bear Is Seen Walking Around In An Asturian Town In Full Quarantine
Linda Robinett 5 years ago
Welcome to Southern California. This happens a lot before the Coronavirus
Jen Lockett 5 years ago
The guy who posted this in Insta murders non-humans
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Wild Turkeys Spotted In West Oakland, California
Mary Nelson 5 years ago
there was a wild turkey in the road the other day. he was huge! he had the nerve to puff himself up and hiss at us as we slowly drove by him. seeing wild turkeys around here (Nelson township Ohio) isn't something new but to see one just standing in the road is highly unusual.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 5 years ago
In northern California, wild turkeys are a fairly common sight.
Marianne Kearney-Brown 5 years ago (edited)
We see wild turkeys here all the time. But it is cool. I have always assumed that when the apocalypse hits, I'll be hunting them for food. We're not to that point yet.
Linda Robinett 5 years ago
No Coronavirus, it had not left the bat to find a human host yet. I spotted 13 wild turkeys pass by as I was doing Chi Gong at a gym in Santa Rosa, CA. We see. them all the time.
Fran Stateler 5 years ago
I live at the marina in Berkeley and wild turkeys are everywhere there. It's fun to see a big male with his "harem".
Ruth Beaty 5 years ago
See them all the time in OKC suburbs. No, not human ones, feathery ones!
Brenda Cooke 5 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/helpashevillebears/videos/3281527618538511/?t=12 Here's an Asheville bear in full daylight, wandering an empty downtown
Katherine Gilleland 5 years ago
There’s always turkeys here. It’s not uncommon for them to block traffic. They don’t move for anything
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What do you think ?
Mathias 5 years ago
Since humans evolved on earth and are not an alien species that is not true, we are just a very successful species. Many people love to bath in the guilt but that isn't helping anybody. If you feel so guilty that you see your species (which mans yourself) as an invader get your butt up and do something for a change. You don't need to save the world you just need to change yourself then you are a good example that others can look up to, respect and follow. And that is how things are changed for the better. The thing is: it's so much easier to sit depressed of how bad things are on the couch than to stand up and change your life for something better because that requires effort. Chimps by the way act not different than humans, only difference is they didn't develop technology.
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DKS 001 5 years ago
And now we know what would happen if human population suddenly greatly decreased or disappeared: 1) pollution reduced to very low levels within weeks; 2) animals reclaiming their space, also within weeks.
Daria B 5 years ago
3) Nuclear explosions from the suddenly abandoned reactors, with no one to turn them off safely and properly.
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We'llSee 5 years ago
It would be great to have some semblance of this everyday, virus or no virus. Realistically we could, a world wide commitment to stay home a bigger percentage of our time. Perhaps too simple but it would still be great!
Eulalie Grace 5 years ago
"Animals Invade Cities As People Quarantine Themselves At Home" ? More like animals come out of hiding after humans drove them out of their own space. Kind of like that series "After People". How animals and the Earth go back to normal when we take a back seat.
Peter Slaney 5 years ago
How wonderful to have all these animals free roaming, as it should be.
panda_legerdemain 5 years ago
Just hope these animals can return safely to the wild before humans come out..
SciFi Timewarp 5 years ago
And all these dickheads worried about "Saving the Planet" and all they had to do was stay home and shut up.
Mathias 5 years ago
Since humans evolved on earth and are not an alien species that is not true, we are just a very successful species. Many people love to bath in the guilt but that isn't helping anybody. If you feel so guilty that you see your species (which mans yourself) as an invader get your butt up and do something for a change. You don't need to save the world you just need to change yourself then you are a good example that others can look up to, respect and follow. And that is how things are changed for the better. The thing is: it's so much easier to sit depressed of how bad things are on the couch than to stand up and change your life for something better because that requires effort. Chimps by the way act not different than humans, only difference is they didn't develop technology.
Load More Replies... DKS 001 5 years ago
And now we know what would happen if human population suddenly greatly decreased or disappeared: 1) pollution reduced to very low levels within weeks; 2) animals reclaiming their space, also within weeks.
Daria B 5 years ago
3) Nuclear explosions from the suddenly abandoned reactors, with no one to turn them off safely and properly.
Load More Replies... We'llSee 5 years ago
It would be great to have some semblance of this everyday, virus or no virus. Realistically we could, a world wide commitment to stay home a bigger percentage of our time. Perhaps too simple but it would still be great!
Eulalie Grace 5 years ago
"Animals Invade Cities As People Quarantine Themselves At Home" ? More like animals come out of hiding after humans drove them out of their own space. Kind of like that series "After People". How animals and the Earth go back to normal when we take a back seat.
Peter Slaney 5 years ago
How wonderful to have all these animals free roaming, as it should be.
panda_legerdemain 5 years ago
Just hope these animals can return safely to the wild before humans come out..
SciFi Timewarp 5 years ago
And all these dickheads worried about "Saving the Planet" and all they had to do was stay home and shut up.
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