There is a part in the video when the stingray lies on its back and the man appears to tickle its underbelly before saying, 'how do you tickle a fish?' The ray reacts to the touch by closing its pectoral fins and opening its snout.Īnother video by the same user shows a stingray lying inverted on a white cloth. While the video was liked and shared by many, it dived viewers on the debate if the act committed by the man was animal cruelty or not. Another stingray video that went massively viral this year showed a man appearing to 'tickle' the fish.