Overview
- While dining at a Maldives resort, Craig David picked up a small blue flying fish from a dock and returned it to the sea, where a larger fish immediately swallowed it.
- He narrated the attempt in the clip, urging the fish to "stay with me" and reacting with "Oh my god" and "Oh dear" after the sudden attack.
- The footage first appeared on his Instagram story and was reposted as a reel on Feb. 5, drawing over a million views and thousands of comments.
- Viewers responded with humor and sympathy, including riffs on his songs such as 7 Days and quips about the cycle of life.
- David captioned the post as a "divine message" and later reflected in an Instagram story that one cannot control life's plan, calling it a life lesson.