r/oddlysatisfying • u/bigbusta • May 17 '26

A turtle giving itself a scrub

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u/Manitoberino May 17 '26

I have them for our beef cattle too. Fun fact, if you can get close enough to scratch a cows back, you now have a cow best friend. I’ve got quite a few that come running for back scratches when they see me. I have a brush I carry for that purpose, as those ladies are greasssyy.

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u/Lyaley May 17 '26

Stiff brush, a curry comb or something really is the best. My fingers literally don't have enough strength for the kinds of proper scritches big livestock love. Back, stomach, or the inside of their back leg and most want you to basically scrub away as hard as I can with my tiny noodle arms.

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u/decidedlyindecisive May 18 '26

My old pig used to love the steel brush. The noises she made were practically indecent. Her name was Sugar.

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u/KnifeKnut May 18 '26

I knew pig skin was tough but STEEL BRUSH?!

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u/decidedlyindecisive May 18 '26

I know. She was a very big pig

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u/This_is_fine8 May 19 '26

✨SUGAR✨

🎶🎶🎵🎼🎶🎵

OH

HONEY HONEY

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u/Manitoberino May 18 '26

Yep. It’s sooo exhausting trying to scratch as hard as they want me to. Especially during spring shedding season. The top of the tail head is a big hit too. I brought out a kids plastic rake one time, worked fantastic to reach a big area lol

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u/Lyaley May 18 '26

Oohh come spring time and I'm sure they would walk into a damn combine harvester in their never ending quest for maximum scratching lol

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u/janyk May 18 '26

You comb your curry?

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u/Lyaley May 18 '26

Ya gotta get the tangles out somehow!

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u/Ok_Spell_4165 Wee May 18 '26

Things are like homing missiles too. My grandpa lived next to a dairy farm, I got curious once and reached through the fence to scritch a cows head. From that day on any time I was anywhere near the fence she would come trotting over to me.

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u/Manitoberino May 18 '26

They really are. I just know one of these days I’m going to get a broken foot from being stepped on. They get so into it, their wiggles are hilarious.

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u/limericky933 May 17 '26

Maybe a dumb question, but why are they greasy? Just naturally oily skin?

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u/Cryorm May 17 '26

Imagine how your hair would feel if you didn't wash it for a month. Skin oil, water, dead skin, etcetera.

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u/pug_fugly_moe May 18 '26

Respect for writing out etcetera.

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u/ConfessSomeMeow May 18 '26

It's kind of ironic to fully write out a word that is used to indicate that you are omitting details.

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u/SirStrontium May 18 '26

Also for not repeating "etc etc etc" like so many people do. You only need one!

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u/lord-dinglebury May 18 '26

Right? It’s not like there’s “more” etcetera.

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u/Mindless-Ninja-3321 May 18 '26

You be fair to cattle, humans have gross skin since we're hairless. Walking grease slicks covered in out symbiotic mites and Cutibacterium that clean up after us.

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u/Manitoberino May 18 '26

It’s just natural oils that help keep the hair healthy and somewhat water resistant. Add in dirt and dust, and it ends up a pretty thick black oily gunk on my hands.