In the present global crisis due to the outbreak of COVID -19, varieties of new norms have been applied like lockdown
and social distancing with a hope of slowing and prevention of transmission of disease respectively. To slow down the spread of
infection during pandemic several social distancing measures recommended by WHO are used including closing of educational
institutions and work places. Social distancing to combat COVID 19 has a great impact on the society and people are wondering
whether this will work and all these measures are new to the present generations. But nature has an answer. People are feeling
social distancing as unnatural but it is a part of the natural world when we see the animal behaviour. The origin and history of
social distancing have been discussed including the types of social distancing. The natural occurrence of social distancing in
animals has been discussed
