This is the moment when a goose licked frozen railings, and its tongue got stuck to the metal because of the cold weather.

The video depicting the poor white goose captured. In Baishan City, in Jilin province, China, on 19th January.

The owner, quick to respond to the goose’s distress, said the goose was responsible for its own misfortune as he promptly undertook the rescue operation. The distressed goose’s continuous cries echoed as it struggled to free itself. With blood from its mouth in the painful encounter.

Online commentators criticised the owner for filming the poor goose rather than rushing to free it immediately, but the owner said that it had been quickly freed a short while later when the person he was with returned with water that they poured on the railing in order to free the bird.

The owner added they had filmed the footage to warn others that something like this was even possible. With some people not even realising that geese had tongues.

The footage gained significant traction on Douyin, China’s TikTok counterpart. Amassing over 5052 likes, 44,000 shares, and 846 comments.

A user named ‘Wang Gajie’ said: “It’s like a southern goose came to the north for the first time.”

While ‘I Want’ commented: “It turns out that geese are also so naughty.”

And ‘Sun Dada’ wrote: “The poor goose is bleeding.”