The TikTok user, alexa_reed2, appeared blissfully unaware that what he was holding was purportedly a bluebottle jellyfish, also known as a Portuguese man o’ war or “floating terror” appearing to be at a beach in Texas.
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Poking it with his bare finger, he tells viewers: “Hey guys I’m at the beach, and look what this is.”
“Oh my gosh it’s so cold and so slimy, I’m going to pick it up.”
He then touches the body of the creature with his tongue, jokingly exclaiming: “Ah it stung me, anybody want to pee in my mouth? I got stung by a jellyfish.”
The jellyfish-like siphomore is also known as a “floating terror” for its explosive stinging cells and poisonous venom, which can cause serious illness or even death.
The animal is particularly prevalent in Australia, where it is responsible for an average of 10,000 human stings each summer.
It is also possible to cause fever and shock, and in some cases, a sting may even result in death.
Horrified viewers swiftly informed Reed of how foolish he had been.
“He obviously didn’t see the ‘TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN THE WORLD!!’ videos,” wrote another.
“This guy’s playing with his life right now,” a fourth observed.
TikTok added an alert across the video, which reads: “The action in this video could result in serious injury” and removed it.
The man’s video isn’t the first unusual TikTok he has shared, with his profile flooded with other bizarre clips including one of him eating a cockroach and the head of a dead chicken.
He’s also seen holding exotic animals and in one terrifying shot a spider crawls out of his mouth.
A man walking his dogs in the background can be heard telling him that such actions will “put you in the hospital.”
Apparently, it doesn’t matter how many thousands of warnings some people get – they just don’t want to learn their lesson.
