A good part of the videos about panthers, deer or badgers turned out to be false or recorded before the coronavirus. A work of 175 scientists following almost 3,000 mammals in the hardest of confinement has allowed them to confirm that they moved and moved closer to the roads.

During the worst of the pandemic, when humans took refuge in our homes to escape the virus, many animals roamed the cities. But the increase in mobility only occurred on longer journeys and in areas where the lockdown was strictest.