Picture of a bird smoking a cigarette goes viral

 

A picture of a bird smoking a cigarette on the streets of Manchester, England, is going viral after it was posted on Twitter.

 

The picture, tweeted by user @WillMcHoebag, shows a bird with an apparently dropped cigarette in its mouth in an imitation of a smoking human.

The user captioned the photo: "Meanwhile in Manchester."

Twitter users debated the authenticity of the picture and offered their own comments, with user @richarrowsmith suggesting: "That bird looks like it's about to drop the hottest indie album of 2016."

The uploader appeared to be surprised at how quickly the picture went viral.

"1000 retweets for a smoking magpie. Fantastic," he tweeted