The remarkable video shows a forest ranger honking at a female leopard to move away from the side of the road during a patrol.

Smartphone footage recorded in Pubalong Township, in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. In China’s south-western province of Sichuan, captured the ranger honking at the feline on 9th March.

It followed after he reportedly discovered the leopard basking in the sun near the road during a patrol ride and decided to chase it away for its own safety.

Unbothered by the ranger’s signals, the leopard could be seen hissing at him as it kept lying on a concrete guardrail.

The video triggered more than 34,000 likes and over 600 shares after it was posted on TikTok’s sister app for China on 10th March. It left many users unable to hold back from reacting.

Douyin user ‘West Highland (coffee)’ said: “Catch it and take it to Panzhihua Zoo.”

Then user ‘aged’ commented: “Don’t disturb its sleep.”

And ‘Smurf is not happy’ added: “It’s already hissing at you. It doesn’t want to run away because it doesn’t want to leave its little ones behind.”