Armed with plastic bags, a man was caught on camera valiantly rescuing a black fish from the floor before returning it to its tank in a supermarket.
The rescue mission was conducted with the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song playing in the background, making the entire endeavour more comical.
The video was posted on TikTok on Sept 17, which started with the man cautiously placing a hand on the fish’s body before flinching back in laughter.
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“City boy,” the man’s friends said in the background, making fun of his attempt.
On his second try, the previously motionless fish began squirming out of his grasp and flapping on the floor, which appears to be a Giant Supermarket outlet.
The fish continued flapping, but the man finally succeeded in gaining a secure hold.
He then crab-walked back to the fish tank before flinging the fish back into the tank “like it was an Olympic sport.”
The laughter continued as the man slipped to the floor after releasing the fish.
Netizens found the video hilarious, noting the crab walk “did it for them.”
“The way you yoinked it back in the water fml I’m ded HAHAHAHA!” said another netizen.
“HAHAHA this made my day! The way he fell down, I can’t even,” added TikTok user @amaliamazlan1.
Another netizen commented, “The staff keep the CCTV footage to rewatch this over and over.”
“Fish: Bro, I’m trying to escape from this place man. Now need to try again,” commented TikTok user @allenkey taking the fish’s perspective.
Meanwhile, others noted that the man just saved a 12-dollar fish’s life.
It remains unknown how the fish ended up on the floor in the first place. /TISG
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