Baby Shark Bong
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Overview
Baby Shark Bong refers to the online backlash against the Facebook page "Fried Fishing" for publishing a video of a man using a hollowed-out shark as a smoking apparatus. The video has since been removed.
Origin
On February 1st, 2019, the Facebook page "Fried Fishing Australia" featured a video of a man smoking from a hollowed-out baby shark while listening to the song "Baby Shark" (mirror below).[1]
Developments
Online Reaction
Following the post, followers of the page and others denounced the video. While the initial video has since been removed, users on other sites have continued to criticize the video and its makers. Twitter [2] user @FinsUnited tweeted, "Why is it so hard for human beings to treat #animals with respect? This is sickening, disheartening, and overall SO disgusting" (shown below, left). Twitter[3] user @Edwardpumps tweeted, "The #SharkBong invention is disgusting" (shown below, right).
On February 4th, Redditor [9] tstanz1 posted about the incident in the /r/BrandNewSentence subreddit. Within 24 hours, the post received more than 145 points (99% upvoted).
Fried Fishing Response
Responding to comments on Facebook, the Fried Fishing group defended the video, stating that the response was outsized and claiming that police had been called on him. They wrote, "I just want to say thanks to the bunch of sooks who have complained to the point of the police visiting. Honestly, I quit. [The shark was] caught by my mate when we were fishing for mangrove jacks on Friday. After two nights left in the icebox, I came up with the idea. There is no possible way it was alive." The group also denied that the man in the video was smoking cannabis through the shark. "It was tobacco I’d happily take a drug test to prove."[4]
Media Coverage
Several media outlets covered the video including The Daily Mail,[1] The Washington Post,[5] Forbes,[6] The New York Post,[7] The Daily Dot [8] and more.
Search Interest
External References
[1] The Daily Mail – Cruel moment an Australian fisherman uses a dead SHARK as a bong and smokes it to the tune of Baby Shark
[2] Twitter – @FinsUnited's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @Edwardpumps's Tweet
[4] News.au – ‘It was already dead’: Group defends shocking video showing baby shark being used as bong
[5] The Washington Post – ‘Humans need to do better’: An Australian fisherman’s viral ‘shark bong’ draws outrage, death threats
[6] Forbes – Baby Shark Used As Bong And People Are Outraged
[7] The New York Post – Fisherman sparks outrage for using dead baby shark as a bong
[8] The Daily Dot – Disturbing video shows man using dead baby shark as a bong
[9] Reddit – Cruel moment an Australian fisherman uses a dead SHARK as a bong and smokes it to the tune of Baby Shark
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