Story By: Ana Lacasa, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
Video Credit: CEN/@CapetilloXimena
This is the viral moment – seen over 3.6 million times – a guinea pig owner reprimands her pet after she saves it from choking on a piece of cucumber she had fed it.
The video was shared by the Twitter user ‘Capetillo Ximena’ who, according to her profile, lives in the city of San Luis Potosi, in the north-central Mexican state of the same name and has gone viral with over 3.68 million views and receiving more than 277,000 likes.
In the video, the guinea pig, reportedly named Tomas, can be seen eating a piece of cucumber when it appears to have problems swallowing a large piece.
The caring owner notices straight away and pats the animal’s back, helping it spit the chunk out. The owner can then be heard reprimanding the pet saying “aye, Tomas!”.
The video was shared with the caption: “This fool was choking on the cucumber, so cool my baby.”
The video was widely commented on by netizens, such as ‘Antonellaveronc’ who said: “Is it normal I have watched this 30 times and laughed every time? Hahaha, poor Tomas, cucumber diet suspended for him. PS: so cute”.
‘sonotrece’ added: “I love this video, because of how she speaks to it. She’s annoyed at it for choking and it reminded me of my mum shouting at me for falling down and hitting myself because she was scared and her answer was to reprimand me”.
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