COVID-19 forced people like animals into figurative "cages", allowing us to experience what it feels like to be a "trapped beasts".
Perhaps we will be more sympathetic to the situation of zoo animals.
However, there are still reasons for some zoos to remain active. During this time, some of the world ’s major zoos (from Australia to San Diego) have installed cameras in some of their more attractive animal areas, enabling 24-hour synchronized shooting of animal activities to let the people that are staying at home watch for free.
At the same time, they created short clips of wonderful animal activity and posted them online.
Here are some examples:
The giraffes at the Melbourne Zoo in Australia are graceful, noble, and calm in temperament. They bring comfort to the viewer and relieve stress brought by the virus.
The video of the three penguins waddling in the Chicago Aquarium last month was viewed 48 million times (below). The penguin and the dolphin facing each other through the aquarium glass is unforgettable. You can almost imagine them as long-lost friends.
Here is a link to view this interaction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdB6I4l8n2A
Because of this, the 32-year-old male penguin named Wellington has become an online celebrity. The zoo nurse jokingly posted via Twitter stating that Mr. Wei is in fact still single.
The following is a link to the live camera of the San Diego Zoo including cams of polar bears, tigers, elephants, butterflies, birds, etc.:
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams
If you are interested in other animal cams, you can enter on the Google search prompt: zoo live cam. Then look at the web pages of different animals in each region shown in the prompt bar below and enter one by one to enjoy.