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During the year 2020, the COVID-19 crisis resulted in many countries around the world going into a nationwide lockdown that lasted between weeks and months (Rutz et al. 2020). Anecdotal observations and social media revealed that some wildlife-both species that have been accustomed to human presence and those less so-returned to the previously human-dominated landscape during the lockdowns. These suggest that animals may have become more willing to explore novel environment or one previously considered dangerous (Manenti et al. 2020).