A lifetime’s price of wildlife encounters got here unexpectedly for runners in Mumbai this week, because the sight of a seemingly limitless stream of deer crossed their path and stopped them of their tracks.
Susanta Nanda, an officer with the Indian Forest Service, shared footage captured at Borivali’s Sanjay Gandhi Nationwide Park within the north of the coastal Indian metropolis.
As common, Mumbaikars are in a rush☺️☺️
This splendid sight greeted morning walkers at Borivali Nationwide Park in Mumbai.Depend if you happen to can. pic.twitter.com/fTHsdV8WOV
— Susanta Nanda (@susantananda3) July 26, 2023
The video exhibits shocked runners and walkers at a standstill as an enormous herd of deer darted throughout one of many park’s paths. Given the sheer quantity of hooved park-dwellers springing from the sidelines, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the 59-second video clip for a looped animated GIF. However every of the animals proven within the video is certainly distinctive, with no repeats.
Not solely was nobody damage within the onrush, however the deer appeared to have picked a very considerate spot to cross—proper at a speedbump on the trail, lessening the prospect of a bike owner or different vehicle-mounted parkgoer getting too shut an encounter with the deer.
Whereas absolutely a startling sight for these on the scene, the encounter appears to make for a way more calming and peaceable viewing expertise in hindsight. Bol Information, one of many Indian media retailers fanning the unfold of the viral video, suggests, “the pleasant scene of numerous deer joyfully shifting alongside the joggers may even provide the excellent serotonin increase to begin your day!”
