Dog Gets Too Excited at The Beach, Ends Up Buried Into Sea Foam

A dog called Canito has left the internet in stitches a video of him diving into a sea of foam at the beach and coming out of it looking like an escalope went viral on social media.

In the clip shared on TikTok on Wednesday by the dog's owner, under the username Canutelo, the Shih Tzu can be seen walking with his owner on a leash at the beach when he suddenly runs into a block of sea foam by the shore, getting swamped by it completely.

After getting himself out of the foam, he excitedly starts rolling in the sand, probably trying to get it off his fur. Instead, he ends up covered in both foam and sand, looking like what some users in the comments described as an "escalope."

The clip comes with a caption that says: "Canito modo espumeta."

You may be wondering why there was so much foam on the beach, and if it was harmful to humans or dogs. The answer is that it was most likely not harmful.

Sea foam is formed when large blooms of decaying algal matter wash ashore, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is usually not harmful to humans and is often an indication of a productive ocean ecosystem.

However, when large harmful algal blooms decay near shore, there may be impacts on human health and the environment.

The video quickly went viral on social media, getting viewers from across TikTok. It has so far received over 1.2 million views and 79,400 likes on the platform.

One user, ALFORJE, said: "Thank goodness you had him on a leash. He gave me a shock." Annnto said: "His intrusive thoughts won." Totoelperro23 said: "After he wanted to become an escalope dog." And Jeannette added: "Dog: who is scared of dying shouldn't be born."

Natalia Vielma Arave said: "Nooo Canitooo escalope mode." Mar said: "So much anxiety seeing that he wasn't getting out, thank goodness yoou kept him on leash."

Another user, Mamichila, said: "I thought the same, they wouldn't be able to find it, I got scared, thank goodness he was on the leash, take care."

Newsweek reached out to Canutelo for comment via TikTok chat. We could not verify the details of the case.

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