VIDEO: Man's friendship with a bird he saved blows up the Internet

Syed Shayaan Bakht, Gulf Today

A video clip of a man's strong friendship with a rare bird went viral on social media.

Awanish Sharan an Indian administrative services official shared the video on Twitter.  

Sharan wrote in the caption in Hindi, “Mohammed Arif saved the life of an injured bird last year. Since then they became friends.”

The video garnered over 262,000 views and more than 17,000 likes on Twitter.

In the clip, Arif appears to be riding his motorcycle, followed by the bird through various roads.

Netizens simply admired the special relationship between the bird and the man.

Ameet wrote: " True love and highest level of compassion..... long live this friendship....." Another said: "Love knows no bounds."

A twitter user with the name Prasad said, “Wow. That's an amazing friendship”