The coronavirus has upended our way of life 每 but it's also having a dramatic impact on animals across the globe.?
Zoos across the globe have been closed because of the lockdowns put in place to stop the spread of coronavirus. Sadly, the zoos' most intelligent and social animals 每 including, chimpanzee gorillas, otters and meerkats 每 don't have anyone else to interact with.
In a bid to keep their spirits up, zookeepers in Patna gathered around a chimpanzee enclosure and clapped and cheered them on to lift their spirits.?The primates exclaimed in joy?at this.
The video was shared by IFS officer Praveen Kaswan who wrote that?chimpanzees "crave" company to be in a good mood and the zookeepers' gesture certainly made the animals happy.
"Such a good gesture. When zookeepers at Patna zoo gathered to cheer up chimps. Chimpanzees crave company nearly as much as food to stay in good mood. Amid lockdown they don't see visitors now," Kaswan said in the caption of his post.
Darren McGarry, a zookeeper from the UK, with 34 years experience told the Guardian, ※The chimpanzees start to wonder why there＊s nobody wandering around and they go to the window to look for people.§
Across the world, zookeepers are doing their best to keep animals in good spirit amid the lockdown and are making sure they don't feel lonely. On the flipside, the eerie silence in a Hong Kong zoo helped pandas mate for the first time in years. Ying Ying, one of the resident pandas, maybe pregnant after 10 years of attempts at natural mating.?