The video was posted on the Facebook page of Miami celebrity shark hunter Capt. Mark 'The Shark' Quartiano

Florida wildlife officials are investigating an incident involving a seabird after a video was posted on the Facebook page of Miami celebrity shark hunter Capt. Mark “The Shark” Quartiano.

The video, posted on Dec. 24, is labeled "MERRY XMAS..TODAY IS YOUR LUCKY DAY ! PETA THIS !" In it, a person, whose face is not shown, holds what appears to be a tern around its neck while on a fishing boat. An off-camera voice says something about bait before asking "What should I do with you?" The person then shakes the bird up and down. The bird clamps its beak on the person's thumb.

The off-camera voice then says, "Should we let him go or should we" and trails off. "Thumbs up or thumbs down, what do you think?" the person asks before rubbing the bird's neck and releasing it, then saying "You lucky bird" as it flies away.

Melody Kilborn, a public information coordinator for the FWC, said in an email that the agency was investigating. Several species of terns are considered imperiled and are protected.

In 2017, Quartiano criticized a video sent to him showing a shark being dragged behind a boat in a case linked to three men from Manatee County that went viral.

“I’ve never, in my 50 years of shark fishing, seen something so cruel and evil. It’s just horrific,” Quartiano said about the shark video in 2017. “I guess they sent it to me to see if they could get my blessing, but that obviously didn’t work out as planned. I can’t believe some people. They can be so cruel.”