The rhinos reportedly followed the convoy for about three kilometers before retreating into the forest.
A convoy of safari jeeps is seen passing through a narrow path in a national park in Assam with frantic calls of “…bhaga (speed up), move, move” in the background. Slowly, the camera pans out, revealing what the tourists were screaming in terror about – a charging rhinoceros.
The rhinos reportedly followed the convoy for about three kilometers before retreating into the forest.
The incident, which was captured on his phone camera by a tourist on safari, is now being shared widely on social media.
The video is the latest from Assam’s Kaziranga National Park, where several incidents of rhinos chasing safari vehicles have been reported recently. Similar incidents have also come to light in Manas National Park.
one such video Manas National Park Recently it went viral on social media.
The safari jeep was passing through the Habari forest area of the park when a rhinoceros emerged from a bush and started following their vehicle.
The driver was then seen rapidly overtaking the rhino. However, the larger animal continued to chase the vehicle for some time.
Experts say that the uneasiness of the animals due to the frequent movement of humans in the forest can be attributed to such incidents.
Kaziranga National Park is home to 2,613 rhinos and the numbers are rising according to the latest census figures by the National Park Authority.
“Despite 400 deaths, mainly from natural causes, there was an increase of 200 individuals from 2018,” the park authority posted on Twitter in March this year.