A diner in China was reduced to tears after a vicious shrimp turned the tables on her at a hotpot restaurant, as seen in a TikTok video with nearly 5 million views.
In the video, taken at an undisclosed establishment, the epicure can be seen trying to dunk the live crustacean in a pot with other seafood.
However, the spunky shrimp suddenly hops out of her hand, delaying its execution via bouillabaisse.
Diners lauded the shrimp for not going down without a fight.
The mantis shrimp is named for its raptorial forearms, which it uses to spear and smash prey like a sentient Swiss Army knife.
However, its raw-venge is shortlived as the determined diner snaps the escapee up in her chopsticks.
That’s when the food decides to fight back: After nabbing the slippery shrimp with her chopsticks a second time, the critter latches onto her hand and spears her with one of its raptorial forearms, causing her to shriek in agony.
Fortunately, an offscreen employee manages to pry the prawn off the wailing woman. The clip concludes with the gourmand crying in pain over the “Beetlejuice”-esque incident.
TikTok users found her shrimp skewering highly amusing with one writing, “shrimp said you hurt me, I hurt you back.”
“Good for that shrimp !! He wasn’t going out without a fight,” exclaimed another of the hotpot ingredient’s “kriller right hook.”