A video has surfaced online that shows a pride of lions roaming on the streets of Gujarat. Shared by Indian Forest Service officer (IFS) Susanta Nanda on his Twitter handle, the 45-second clip shows a group of eight lions walking down the road at night.
The video seems to be from a residential area of Gujarat. Nobody can be seen walking on the same road but one can spot blinking headlights of vehicles approaching.
"Another day, Another pride... Walking on the streets of Gujarat," read the caption of the video shared by the IFS officer.
The animals do not look much bothered about their surroundings as they take their time and walk on the empty street.
Since being uploaded on the micro-blogging site twitter on February 15 by the IFS officer, the clip has amassed 278k views and 4,734k likes. The comments section was flocked by twitter users to share their reactions.
"Next time i should stop going to Gir and just go to these villages at night for lion sightings," wrote one jokingly.
"It is obvious that the Gir sanctuary is overflowing with lions, and some of them must be translocated elsewhere," wrote another user raising concern.
"It’s extremely sad they don’t have their own reserves," wrote a third.
"Eight of them? I'm equally scared just like those two 2wheeler guys....By, what a wonderful sight," wrote a fourth.