Imagine that you're casually scrolling through your phone and a leopard walks into the room.
That's what happened to 12-year-old Mohit Ahire from the western Indian state of Maharashtra this week. He was inside an office room in a wedding hall in Nashik district when a leopard wandered past him.
He immediately jumped up and exited the room, closing the door behind him (and he even remembered to take his phone).
Officials from the forest department later tranquillised and relocated the leopard into a forest.
The Times of India newspaper reported that Ahire is the son of a security guard at the wedding hall. As the CCTV footage went viral, Ahire got a lot of praise for his quick thinking.
That's one fast-thinking, calm and keeping cool kid.
There is an "Earthly & human stories (& other human/Earthly creatures stories)" play list on this channel, when its a story about animals and humans crossing paths.
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