They hunt alone and are recognised as the deadliest creatures on the planet.

But if this video is anything to go by, then all you need to scare a tiger off is a bright red pedal bike and a kid's bell.

As the clip starts the big cat can be seen waltzing up to the bike quite confidently.

But once the bell starts to ring the predator makes a quick dash for it, turning its back and heading toward a grassy patch.

There are only 2,500 Bengal tigers left in the world, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and weigh around 40 stone on average.

Russian man Mikhail Zaretsky, who goes by mihail_tiger on Instagram, regularly posts pictures and videos with his exotic cats.

He lets them freely play together and has even had visits from boxing ace Floyd Mayweather, who visited his animals last year while on a worldwide tour.

Mikhail Zaretsky, who goes by mihail_tiger on Instagram, posted a video of one of his tigers running in fear from his red bicycle bell

The tigers don't seem confined to cages and they only appear to be leashed when they are taken for walks outside of his property.

Mikhail's relationship with the big cats has earned him 128,000 followers on the social media site.

Mikhail plasters his Instagram posts with the hashtag #savetigers.