How a tiger gives way to elephant herd: Watch this amazing video

With their size and strength, elephants are one of most powerful animals in the jungle, but they generally avoid confrontations.

However, the usually peaceful animal become aggressive if they sense threats. A mother elephant might become overprotective of her calf and charge at perceived threats.

Who else will better understand elephants than tigers? Well, a video shared by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Susanta Nanda clearly shows a big cat giving due respect to the elephant herd to maintain harmony in the jungle.

She shared the clip with a caption, "This is how animals communicate & maintain harmony... Elephant trumpets on smelling the tiger. The king gives way to the titan herd."

In the undated video, a tiger is seen walking before it suddenly stops, crouches down and watches the elephant herd passes by.

The clip has gone viral on social media. In just a matter of 20 hours, the video has amassed close to 60 thousand views.

"What an amazing video...sneak peek into the ways animals coexist in the jungle..a little warning.. a little bit of respecting each other's space..its hilarious to watch the tiger leaping into the bushes at second trumpet.. Thank u so much for sharing," a user thanked the person for sharing the clip.

Another user said, "#Respect no matter have furious can one be, calmness of the elephants teaches us the way we have to be life."

"The best thing I liked is you have followed the rule of maintaining distance in forest while filming this. This is once in a million sight especially the sounds of rain and thunder along with trumpet of the elephant! Amazing," the third user commented.

"I loved the way how Big cat slid and gave respect to mammoth," the fourth one said.

However, some are of the view that the tiger was taking a position to attack the baby elephant. "The tiger is not really giving way, but probably crouched in the hope of catching a baby elephant in case one is straggling alone behind the herd," a netizen said.

Another one said, "Maybe the Tiger is taking its attack position. Correct me if I am wrong."