Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Susanta Nanda, who is well-known for sharing interesting wildlife content on social media took to the microbloggigng site Twitter to share a video that shows a few men hollering at a herd of gentle giants trying to cross a road. In the clip that has gone viral one can see a a group of tourists getting close to a herd of wild elephants as they make their way from one part of the jungle to another. Nanda also condemned the act and shared how the men are putting their own lives at risk by their activities.
"Ridiculous crowd behaviour. An elephant herd with a young calf can be highly aggressive. Don’t put your life at stake. Allow them safe passage. They have the first right," read the caption of the video shared by the IFS officer.
In the now viral clip, one can see two elephants crossing a road, with a few calves in the group. As they cross the street, the tourists can be heard making peculiar sounds that startles the elephants and they begin to move faster. In fact, one of the elephant even tried to charge towards the group.
Since being shared on Twitter, the video has amassed close to 80,000 views and tons of comments.
"I think it would have been better if the elephants had taught them a lesson sir, commented one user on seeing the video.
"They are very sensible to subsonic,sonic and ultrasonic sounds. Such noise can be extremely annoying for them speciall for young ones," wrote another user.
"They shud be arrested and prosecuted for such behaviour…one question do they do the same when they see families around," commented a third.
"Track them and book them. Tell their families and make them promise never to do that again, wrote a fourth.