An amusing video has emerged of man's funny take on the 'vacuum ponytail' brought to the public a few years ago by a viral video.

In the footage, shot on Monday in Montreal, Canada, YouTuber Viva Frei uses three vacuums to braid the hair of his daughter's friend.

"Sometimes the question is not 'why do it?', but simply, 'can it be done'," Viva Frei wrote online.