CHICAGO - Humans are finding common ground with captive animals as the pandemic has forced people inside. Living space is limited, with some apartments not much bigger than a seal enclosure. Food is delivered to the door. Family spats break out.

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium last month began posting edited videos of its three rockhopper penguins wandering around its newly empty galleries. The videos, which among other things show the penguins staring at beluga whales, stingrays and dolphins, have been collectively seen online 48 million times, the aquarium says. The posts’ popularity hatched ideas for new installments, including videos of the penguins nesting.

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