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Lioness and cubs in Gir sanctuary make way for biker to pass

Updated on: 04 February,2020 04:24 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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The viral video shared on Twitter by Rajya Sabha member Parimal Nathwani has surprised the Twitterati while reigniting the man-animal conflict debate

Lioness and cubs in Gir sanctuary make way for biker to pass

A screengrab of the video posted by Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani on Twitter

Amidst debates of man-animal conflict, a video filmed in Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat of a lioness and her cubs making way for a biker will make your day. The viral video shared on Twitter by Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani has surprised the Twitterati while reigniting the man-animal conflict debate.


The video shows a lioness walking on a mud road with her two cubs walking behind her. After a few minutes into the video, a man on a bike approaching from the opposite side stops at the sight of them. The lioness and the cubs then calmly make way for the biker to pass and heads towards the vegetation bordering the road.



The video posted on Monday received over 9,100 views on Twitter, with 760 likes, with many appreciating the animals for respecting the human space and how humans should do the same in order to co-exist.   

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