First it was dolphins showing up along the Italian coastline. Now, a jellyfish has appeared in the Venice canal. A biologist in Italy recorded startling footage earlier this month of a near-transparent jellyfish swimming in the crystal-clear waters of the Venice canals as the city’s waterways continued to clear up amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
Biologist Andrea Mangoni recorded the footage near St. Mark’s Square, a typically popular tourist destination in Venice, on Easter Sunday, April 12.
The jellyfish was swimming “only a few inches below the water surface,” Mangoni told CNN. Italy has been in lockdown for over a month due to the threat of COVID-19, which has killed more than 26,000 people in the country and more than 200,000