Fiona the hippo's 15 minutes of fame are far from over. As the increasingly strict social distancing guidelines being enacted around the country continue to upend traditional ways of life, many institutions that rely on live attendance have been forced to find new ways to connect with former customers. In the case of the nation's zoos, that means providing entertainment to home-bound folks via live-streaming and social media-amplified moments.

At the Cincinnati Zoo, for instance, the staff has begun offering what they call Home Safaris live via Facebook every weekday. On Monday, that meant heading to Hippo Cove to check in on the aforementioned Fiona and her mother, Bibi, as the animals went about daily life. (It might seem like a million years ago at this point, but back in 2017, Fiona became a social media star after her birth in January of that year.)

At the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, staffers are similarly finding creative options for audience engagement and animal well-being. On Sunday, the penguins were left to roam free (with human supervision) around the facility, giving birth to this amazing video:

Said a Shedd Aquarium representative to the Chicago Tribune, “Without guests in the building, caretakers are getting creative in how they provide enrichment to animals, introducing new experiences, activities, foods and more to keep them active, encourage them to explore, problem-solve and express natural behaviors.”

Problem-solving in this age of coronavirus has become the new normal across all entertainment industries. Movie studios have already shortened normal theatrical windows amid theater closings, while late-night hosts have taken to using outside-the-box concepts to make viewers laugh and some comedians are performing for individuals rather than large groups. As many people have written in recent days, Shakespeare wrote some of his best works while in isolation during the plague. Good thing he didn't have access to Fiona the hippo on Facebook.

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