Not ideal (Picture: CEN)

A small child honked whenever he breathed after accidentally swallowing a party horn.

Doctors had no option but to operate after the eight-year-old boy, from Tucuman in Argentina, ingested the small whistle.

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The small white plastic whistle had become lodged in the boy’s trachea, meaning surgery was the only way to get rid of it.

But before the op, Dr Gomez Zuviria decided to film the boy and put it online as a warning to other parents.


In the clip, the forlorn-looking boy faces the camera and honks repeatedly.

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The whistle that got stuck in the kid’s windpipe (Picture: CEN)

It has now had more than 6.6million views, and thousands of comments.



Patricio Leguizamon said: ‘Thank God he did not choke and we can laugh off what happened.’

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Sabrii Acosta wrote: ‘Hahahaha, poor boy – look at his face – so cute!’

Jose Barragato said: ‘He looks like an Angry Bird, the one that’s a bit fat!’

Meanwhile, the boy is apparently expected to make a full recovery.