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> During the beginning of the pandemic there were loads of stories of wildlife coming back to certain areas, pollution disappearing. Most of that was fake: htt
by jefftk 5y ago
> During the beginning of the pandemic there were loads of stories of wildlife coming back to certain areas, pollution disappearing.
Most of that was fake: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dolphins-swans-italy-lockdown/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dolphins-swans-italy-lockd...
"The dolphins shown in the video, it turns out, were not swimming in the iconic canals of Venice, but off the coast of Sardinia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea. Dolphin sightings in that area are not a new phenomenon, as a 2017 video demonstrates.
National Geographic pointed out that the swan sightings were real, but not described accurately. “The swans in the viral posts regularly appear in the canals of Burano, a small island in the greater Venice metropolitan area, where the photos were taken,” National Geographic reported."