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Even a leopard strutting by can’t get boy, 12, to look up from his phone: video

Cat-astrophe averted.

A 12-year-old Indian boy remained astonishingly calm when a leopard walked right by him into the same building where he was sitting, video shows.

Security footage from a wedding hall in Nashik — a city about 100 miles northeast of Mumbai — shows the boy and his father walk into the office, ABC News reported.

The boy was playing on a phone when the leopard casually strolled in.
The boy was playing on a phone when the leopard casually strolled in. ABC 7

The father exits the room, leaving his son on a bench playing on his phone right beside a door facing the street, video shows.

Suddenly, a massive leopard casually slips in from the street and walks right by the boy, according to the clip. 

With cat-like reflexes, the boy closely watches the leopard walk a safe distance past him, gets up and closes the door behind him, trapping the animal in the office.

The 5-year-old male cat was tranquilized and removed by authorities.
The 5-year-old male cat was tranquilized and removed by authorities. ABC 7

The video then cuts to authorities with shields making their way through the door and then dragging the leopard out.

Authorities said the leopard — a 5-year-old male — was tranquilized and safely removed, according to ABC.