As sea pollution levels have dropped (no pleasure boats, no freighters, etc.), large numbers of dolphins have returned to the waters around Malta after being absent for years.
The same thing is happening near my home in Crete. As the pandemic has led to lockdowns, ship and boat traffic has come (almost) to a standstill. Sea turtles are venturing back into the harbors which are usually swamped with shipping traffic.
To read my backstory “Pandemics, dolphins, civilization and the rewriting of our imaginations” click here: http://www.gregorybufithis.com/2020/05/02/dolphins/
