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IF YOU’VE BEEN thumbing through social media over the last few days, you may have come across headlines like this.

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Daily Dot Daily Dot

Or tweets like this:

So why is this? Well, yes. There exists a video of a man having sex with a fish. Or, to be more precise, forcing the fish to perform oral sex on him.

Two men appear in the frankly horrible video, speaking a language which Metro suggests is Romanian. One helps the other to perform the sex act with the animal.

The video appears to have first surfaced – no pun intended – around seven months ago in May. Inexplicably it has remained remarkably solid in popularity since then.

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However, its viral popularity has exploded in recent days, with coverage from Metro, Gawker, Uproxx and other viral sites. The Daily Star reports that a Romanian singer named Florin Rada has had to deny appearing in the video.

And a LOT of people are now watching it and sharing it.

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You may see the video pop up in your own Facebook feed. But here’s why you shouldn’t watch it:

• It’s a cruel act of animal abuse.
• It’s probably illegal, and certainly immoral.
• Just because something is on the internet, doesn’t mean you have to watch it.
• If you’re still not convinced, read reasons 1-3 again.

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