New Delhi:
Social media is full of videos from the animal kingdom, which can melt your heart, or make it beat faster. One such video was shared by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Susanta Nanda.
The video shows a deer grazing freely in the field, seemingly oblivious to the fact that a cheetah is poised to pounce. A few seconds later, the cheetah does just that, but the deer can’t hurt because of a fence standing between them.
“Window shopping by Cheetah…” the IFS officer said in his tweet.
Window shopping by Cheetah… pic.twitter.com/x3p7PvdNS6
— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) March 12, 2022
The deer, to the amazement of social media users, continues to graze without even giving a wink. The cheetah tries to bite through the wire fence, but the attempt is in vain.
The three-legged deer brings its mouth very close to the big cat to bite off the leaves.
“I want this deer’s confidence in my life!” said one user in a tweet response to the video.
“That (deer) is more intelligent than (cheetah). It can understand barriers between them,” said another.
Users were also surprised that the big cat couldn’t jump over the fence. Some suggested there is an electric fence on top.
The video was posted by the IFS official on Saturday, March 12, and has since been viewed more than 66,000 times.
Mr Nanda has not specified the location where the video was shot, but it looks like a wildlife sanctuary in open-air enclosures.
A few days ago, a video of a look between a sloth bear and a tiger won people’s hearts. The video of the brief encounter, which took place at Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, was shared by IFS officer Saket Badola.
Users were reminded of “Baloo and Sher Khan”, the two hugely popular characters from The Jungle Book.