In a viral clip, a dog named Buzz sits calmly in a meadow beside a lake, but he looks oddly passive and won't even meet his owner Mandy's gaze. When she finally examines his mouth, her eyes widen!

In the quirky clip from mid‑August, the dog looks as if he's somehow standing next to himself.

"Bubba, are you okay?" his owner asks. In the caption of the video, Mandy explains, "I thought he was not feeling well."

But the mood shifts quickly: "Wait! Do you have something in your mouth? Let me see. You have something in your mouth."

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Mandy immediately checks whether the four‑legged friend is hiding anything between his teeth – and quickly finds it.

Indeed, she spots a poor little fish that Buzz is trying to hide!

"You have a fish in your mouth!" the owner exclaims in horror beofre the recording cuts off abruptly.

The funny reveal has since gone viral. Over 10 million views have piled up on Instagram. In the caption, Mandy even shares good news: "It was released back in the lake and alive."

What many wonder after watching this video is how exactly Buzz caught the fish, and Mandy provides an answer in another clip.

The video was created several days before her viral hit. It turns out that Buzz is a repeat offender.

Interestingly, the video shows him watching the fish in the lake rather clumsily.

One wonders how the dog intends to succeed this way, until he finally snaps shut coldly and snags a fairly large fish in his mouth.

Thanks to Mandy, his catch usually doesn't go to extremes. The woman swears she's saving the poor fish from being eaten!