Video goes viral of Elephant in Assam streets snacking on 'Pani Puris'

Digital Desk: A video of an elephant eating puchkas on an Assam street has gone viral on social media. The video was shot in the state's Tezpur district, where the animal was enjoying the tasty street dish called as panipuri or golgappa. 

The elephant pauses quietly by a roadside vendor in the viral video. The Elephant seemed to be a food lover, waits for the vendor to create some fresh puchkas. While the merchant is preparing the puchkas, the animal devours them with its trunk. The elephant consumes many rounds of puchkas one after the other until the finish of the viral video.

The elephant's caretaker may be seen seated on the animal's back. When the hawker stuffs masala and sour water into the puchkas, the elephant snatches it in its trunk and devours it. The animal seemed to enjoy the taste, as seen by its flapping ears. Observers can be heard chuckling and laughing in the background of the film as they take in the rare sight. 

Several animal lovers praised the cutest puchka munchers in response to the viral video. While some people couldn't stop laughing, many others used gifs to communicate their feelings. "Guard appears salty because he didn't receive one," one netizen joked.

This isn't the first time a video showing an elephant eating food has gone viral on social media. Supriya Sahu, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, shared a video on Twitter about a month ago showing an elephant trying to pick a jackfruit from a tree to satisfy its hunger. To get to the fruit, the elephant leaves no stone untouched. 

The IFS officer mentioned that elephants enjoy jackfruit while sharing the footage. "Jackfruit is to Elephants what Mangoes are to humans.. and the clapping by humans at this dedicated elephant's successful endeavour to get to Jackfruits is really sweet," she wrote.