A man’s day at the beach in the Hainan resort city of Sanya, China, was spoilt, over the weekend, when a stingray’s barbed tail managed to find its way into his swimming trunk.

In a video that has gone viral, the man is seen lying on the sand in excruciating pain with the stingray at his side.

Apparently, while he was swimming in the ocean, the animal’s tail had somehow gotten into his shorts, causing at least one razor sharp venomous barb to become stuck in his joystick.

Firefighters and paramedics, later, carefully went about snipping the spiked barb from his joystick and he was rushed to the hospital thereafter.