A video of a tiger attempting to grab a safari car with its teeth has gone viral on social media. Filmed at the Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park, the video shows a curious large cat attempting to bite the rear finish of a tourist car.
Footage of the tiger gained huge traction more than the weekend immediately after it was posted on Twitter by wildlife enthusiast Mona Patel, according to The News Minute. In the a single-and-a-half-minute clip, the tiger is observed biting and pawing the rear bumper of the car and grabbing it in its strong jaws. It then seems to drag the car backwards – even though some on social media have pointed out that the tiger is not ‘pulling’ the vehicle, as has been claimed, but rather the driver is reversing it.
“Tiger pulling tourist vehicle in Bannerghatta park , Bengaluru,” wrote Ms Patel though posting the video.
Tiger pulling tourist car in Bannerghatta park , Bengaluru
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Recieved on whatsapp pic.twitter.com/TfH8mAiN2b— Mona Patel (@MonaPatelT) January 15, 2021
Since becoming shared 3 days ago, the video has garnered more than 18,000 views and dozens of stunned reactions.
“These caged guys in the vehicle should be in jail for reversing the vehicle on the tiger,” wrote a single individual in the comments section.
“The poor animal is hungry… just look at his bones,” stated an additional.
Vanashree Vipin Singh, Executive Director of the Bannerghatta Biological Park, told Deccan Herald that the video is about two months old. She stated the park’s tigers, “rescued or bred under captive conditions”, are used to the presence of persons.
“The vehicle was static for a while due to battery issues and the driver could not start it again. As the vehicle was stranded, the tiger out of curiosity approached and played with the vehicle. Later, the vehicle was towed safely by our rescue team,” Ms Singh stated.
“Had it been aggressive, it would have jumped on the vehicle and attacked,” she added.
Last week, footage of a leopard ‘playing’ with a group of persons in Himachal Pradesh had gone massively viral on social media.