Nilgai Outside Noida Mall, Sambar Deers On Road: Locked Down Cities' WILD Guests Amaze Twitter

Mother Nature is taking over and how! With almost a third of the human population under lockdown due to coronavirus contagion, looks like our furry friends are reclaiming the space lost to rapid urbanisation. From Noida to Dehradun, from Kozhikode to Odisha, numerous videos have surfaced online that show wild animals on city streets. Twitter is in awe of these video and several users are calling it a positive impact of the coronavirus lockdown.  (Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE)

Susanta Nanda, an IFS officer working in Odisha, who regularly posts about wildlife recently tweeted videos of Sambar deers roaming near Rajaji National Park. He also confirmed that the video was recent and genuine. "It is confirmed by the Forest Officials of that area that this species is Barasingha. Came from Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve, a marshy grassland near Haridwar," Nanda said for the deer video. 

Now Spotted deer herds on the road.
Sender says that it’s near Rajaji National park. Wildlife really claiming their spaceðŸ™Â
( 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

Another video that's doing the round is of a Nilgai (blue bull) spotted near a popular mall in Noida. Gautam Buddh Nagar, close to river Yamuna, has a recorded presence of Nilgai, Divisional Forest Officer P K Shrivastava said. "The wild animal might have strayed into the urban area due to almost nil presence of people and vehicles on the road. No untoward incident has been reported," Shrivastava told PTI. 

This is from Sector 38 Noida. The Nilgai( Blue Bull) must be thanking the Pandemic. pic.twitter.com/aAy7x5C0Gc

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) March 27, 2020

"In 1994 there were over 10 Nilgai which could be found roaming within Sector-18 and we had to make complaints to the Noida Authority. We are seeing this after 15 years," Sushil Kumar Jain, president of Sector-18 market association, said. Nanda also shared a beautiful clip of Olive turtles taking over a beach in Odisha. "Arribada(mass nesting) of Olive Turtles are almost over off the coast of Odisha .10000+ were recorded tonight. It will now be sporadic. 

Arribada(mass nesting) of Olive Turtles are almost over off thr coast of Odisha .10000+ were recorded tonight. It will now be sporadic.
It was bit late this time. Happened during daylight at Rushikulya mouth, after 2015. An Albino was recorded by the staff for the 1st timeðŸ™ÂðŸÂ¼ pic.twitter.com/BQ0EuWq3P3

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) March 27, 2020

Here is Spotted Deer( Chital) on the lanes of Dehradun. Nature reclaiming thick and fastðŸ™ÂðŸÂ¼ https://t.co/LtvBTMztXD

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) March 27, 2020

Amid such adorable sightings, there were some who also spotted something quite extraordinary. @RoflGandhi_, a popular Twitter user, posted a poster with a witty caption about a dinosaur!

Humans are under lockdown and nature is reclaiming what truly belongs to it. Last night near Punjabi Bagh metro station. pic.twitter.com/Cou319HmMa

— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 (@RoflGandhi_) March 27, 2020

'Humans are under lockdown and nature is reclaiming what truly belongs to it. Last night near Punjabi Bagh metro station.'  

(With inputs from PTI)