Watch: Haven't seen 2016's first viral sensation, #WatermelonBoy, in action? It's mesmerising...

There's eatin' and drinkin' in that, wha?! Either way, he's getting a rake load of roughage... Meet the young Melbourne boy who's been setting the internet alight after gnawing on a whole watermelon at a cricket game. He even made it on to SKY News.

Obviously the hashtag #WatermelonBoy soon started trending on twitter, motivating such sentiments as...

Dear #watermelonboy you have inspired me to go to my local green grocer to get me some @tensporttv pic.twitter.com/PJEVmmUhRM

— Daniel Brewer (@danbrewerradio) January 2, 2016

I've apparently been eating watermelon wrong my entire life #WatermelonBoy https://t.co/J8tPs3TFiJ

— Steve Allen (@ScubaStv) January 2, 2016

Something about a young boy eating a watermelon bringing cricket fans and non-fans together gives me hope for 2016. #watermelonboy

— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) January 2, 2016

@tensporttv #watermelonboy pic.twitter.com/PRv1sUiR7w

— Josh Moore (@moore_j89) January 2, 2016

#watermelonboy tells BBC eating whole watermelon is tougher than expected https://t.co/dVR8OYqZ2i ðŸÂÂÂÂÂ?‰ðŸ'ªðŸÂÂÂÂÂ?¼

— Andy Dangerfield (@andydangerfield) January 4, 2016

#WatermelonBoy is my soul animal https://t.co/s8fghQ5qLh

— Aditya Paul (@adityampaul) January 4, 2016

Talk about having skin in the game.. #watermelonboy earns cult status @MCG via @AshD_online https://t.co/GhNBHD8ipG pic.twitter.com/luF0y198nw

— BBC News Australia (@BBCNewsAus) January 4, 2016

Of course, not everyone's a fan...

A kid becomes globally famous for eating a piece of fruit??? Idiocracy has arrived 490 years early! #watermelonboy

— Terrance Bradley (@terrancebradley) January 4, 2016

For those of you wondering just who the first viral sensation of 2016 is, he just happens to be the son of an Aussie radio host by the name of Tony Schibeci. He rounded off his son's night of fame with this tweet...