Think before you laugh, he may not be a fish

A boy in East China's Zhejiang province accidentally became an online sensation after his photograph went viral recently. The photo, taken by his kindergarten teacher, shows him sitting at a table, his back to the camera at a slight angle, with a basin containing a big dead carp in front of him. The boy is flanked by five other children carefully observing goldfish in little fish bowls.

Believing it to be amusing, the teacher shared the photo on her weibo, or micro blog, with the caption, "My teacher asked me to bring fish for observation. I am proud that my fish is bigger than the other children's."

The photo, forwarded millions of times within a day, soon flooded other social media platforms. Thousands of people left messages below the post, recalling the most awkward thing they had taken to school as children.