An elephant mistakenly ate a plastic bag with food inside after a tourist threw it at the animal at a zoo in China.

The video, filmed in the city of Kunming in Yunnan Province on April 11, shows a plastic bag with food wrapped inside being thrown to an elephant named Zhong Bo.

Zhong Bo then used its trunk to pick it up and put it into its mouth.

According to a tourist named Zhao who filmed the clip, a young man threw the plastic bag at the elephant and other tourists blamed him for his action.

It was not the first time that Zhong Bo has mistakenly eaten a plastic bag as it swallowed a plastic bag with an apple inside thrown by a tourist in October 2020.

A worker in the zoo said they have observed the elephant after receiving a report from the tourists and fortunately the plastic bag has already been expelled from the elephant’s body.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

去动物园，我们总能看到禁止投喂动物的警示牌，但是偏偏有人就是爱喂动物吃人类的零食。4月11号，市民赵女士就拍到了让人愤怒的一幕，一名游客竟然喂食大象塑料袋！
4月11号下午3点半左右，昆明圆通山动物园的大象中波正在悠闲地散步。突然从画面的右上方，一团白色的物体"嘭"地一下，击中了中波的屁股。原来这团白色的物体，竟然是由塑料袋包裹住的食物。
赵女士说，投喂大象的游客是一名年轻男子。看见大象中波吃下塑料袋后，其他游客纷纷指责男子的行为。而这已经不是大象中波第一次被游客投喂塑料袋了。2020年10月7日，一名游客竟将包裹着塑料袋的苹果，扔给了大象中波。
昆明动物园动管科 王昂： 我们的大象因为体型巨大##又比较贪吃##有时候确确实实会误食一些塑料瓶和塑料袋##这些物品之类的

工作人员说，接到游客的反映后，这几天他们都在密切观察大象中波的情况，还好，中波已经将塑料袋给排出。
（视频由云南台提供）