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POST 14: TºL LVA & LVO: YOUR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENT ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CURRENT HEALTH CRISIS

First of all, this video was published by Animalkind on April 8th of 2020. Due to the Corona virus expanding, zoos as well as other public spaces are closed. This YouTube video  shows zoo animals getting the chance to explore other animals' habitats. We see the faces of armadillos, sea lions, tegu lizards, penguins, dogs, tigers, camels and more discovering each other. It's fun to look at these animals getting so curious and running around, examining the new animals they meet. The zoo workers also appear in this video, they are in charge of making sure that the animals are visiting each other safely.
Furthermore, I believe that this video can be linked to the Spaces and exchanges Notion. The reason why, to begin with, is that the zoo can be defined as a public space. Therefore, exchanges are forced to happen. For example, visitors pay in exchange for the permission to take a look at some animals and learn about them. Zoo guides and visitors communicate each other by exchanging information and questions. What's more, these clients have the chance to learn about the different spaces each animal needs to live in.
However, in these hard times, we have learned to live quite isolated from the world. Nevertheless, the spaces and exchanges notion has still managed to work in zoos! These zoo keepers have made possible the chance for sea animals to discover animals who live in rocky habitats. Two totally different types of spaces... As we see this video, we learn a new type of exchange, that is to say, the behavior of different animals meeting each other for the first time, Most of these behaviors are exchanges of curious gazes, but some animals start foolishly running after their new friends. 
In conclusion, after studying my personal document, I find it interesting how this pandemic has caused the disappearing of lots of human exchanges and shut-downs of almost all public spaces. Yet, some new and original types of spaces and exchanges appear, as in closed zoos. 


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