AN IDIOT tourist has been shamed online after being caught violently grabbing a bird while taking selfies.
The unnamed man attempted to hold the struggling bird so he could take a picture.
The video was filmed at a beach in Dalian in China by other tourists following the coronavirus restrictions being lifted.
As the man holds the bird, his partner takes pictures of him holding it by the base of the wings so it can’t fly away.
After he gets enough photographs, he then throws it roughly into the air as it escapes.
A woman on the beach screams as he chucks the bird away and yells at him.
According to local media, the woman who filmed the man said she was helping her children feed the birds at that time.
She added that her daughter was left upset by the man, fearing that the bird was injured by him.
The video was shared on Weibo, a Chinese social media site, and has been viewed hundreds of times.
One person on social media said: “Let us all pray that each day he will be drenched in bird droppings.”
It isn’t the first time tourists have been slammed for abusing birds for the sake of pictures.
Last year, a video caught a group of men in China laughing as they force fed a seagull while taking photographs.
They later apologised after being reprimanded by other tourists on the beach.
China has started lifting their restrictions put in place due to coronavirus, with residents at the epicentre of Wuhan finally being allowed to leave.
Huge queues were spotted outside of a McDonalds after Wuhan residents flocked to the fast food chain following the lockdown.
On the worst day of China’s outbreak, on February 12, there were over 15,000 new cases recorded.
Although the number of daily infections across China has since dropped sharply, there were 108 new cases reported on Sunday – the highest daily tally since March 5.
