KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- A drone-shot fishing video is viral after the aircraft doubled as fishing gear.
- A purportedly starved resident lowered their drone to catch an ornamental carp during Shanghai’s Covid-19 lockdown.
- Several videos have emerged over the past month documenting the dystopian state of Shanghai.
A brilliant video of a drone catching fish from a pool in locked-down
A harsh Covid
The drone’s reflection is clearly visible on the pool’s surface as it descends to lower a bait attached to it with a string.
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An inquisitive ornamental fish follows it across the pool and, lo and behold, it’s hooked.
The video was shared to Twitter by Rodrigo Zeidan, an Associate Professor at the New York University Shanghai.
“Grocery shopping in Shanghai, 2022 edition,” read the caption.
“Not my drone, not my fish (unfortunately),” Zeidan wrote in a further tweet.
Besides racking up 2.5 lakh views, the now-viral video has sparked some hilarious reactions on the internet.
@RodZeidan Maaaan thats brilliant but its going to wear the heck out of the engines on that drone. undefined
— ANI (@ANI) Apr 17, 2022
@RodZeidan Imagine waking up and seeing a fish flying through the air. undefined
— ANI (@ANI) Apr 17, 2022
The alternative fly-fishing clip is not the only such improvisational video to come out of Shanghai. Previously, a man went viral after he ‘walked’ his dog from his third-floor window using an elongated string.
LMAO. This is how you should walk your dog amid the current wave of Covid lockdown in Shanghai. #COVID19 t.co/NFRxdCsDa3
— ANI (@ANI) Mar 29, 2022
However, his handling of the pet canine didn’t go down well as the internet unanimously disapproved of the technique.
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