By Gabriela Baron Animals around the globe are reclaiming spaces occupied by humans pre-lockdown. In Venice, Italy, lack of boats and gondolas on the now clear canals has allowed its marine life to flourish. A jellyfish was spotted swimming in Venice's canal. Biologist Andrea Mangoni filmed the jellyfish gliding near San Marco Square, floating underneath the water's surface. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-6ehDdJtrU/?utm_source=ig_embed "The exceptional calm of Venice canals due to the absence of boats, this sea jellyfish swam in the transparent water," Mangoni wrote on Instagram. Reuters shared the video which showed the marine creature "glides through reflections on still Venetian canal." Mangoni told Reuters that the low tide and low traffic due to Italy's ongoing travel restrictions made it possible to observe marine life right in the center of the normally boisterous city. Air quality has also increased at the canals because of "fewer motorboats" according to the European Space Agency. "The lockdown has led to a sharp decline in air pollution across Europe -- particularly in Rome and the Po Valley in northern Italy," it said. The Italy has been on lockdown since early March, having been among the first regions in Europe to have been impacted by COVID-19. In March, a video showing dolphins swimming in the Venetian canals went viral. The footage, however, was soon debunked and proven fake