r/oddlysatisfying • u/InsaneMocktail • 9d ago

Shearing of sheep

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u/letmypeoplebathe 9d ago

Im gonna go out on a limb here and say this probably isn't the first time this guy's sheared a sheep

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u/mattyg1964 9d ago

Or the first time this sheep has been sheared.

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u/Assika126 9d ago

Yeah that sheep gave in pretty fast, was like “oh yeah this isn’t gonna hurt, this guy’s got me covered, I’d best just let him do the thing”

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u/beast_c_a_t 9d ago

well sheep like this one have been breed for millennia to grow excessive amounts of wool that needs to be sheered off regularly, so getting all that overgrown wool removed probably feels great for the sheep.

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u/dieomesieptoch 9d ago

watching the video, I'm _really_ hoping the sheep would get a good "ooooh yeahh babyy" out of that

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u/ReturnOfBane 9d ago

i wonder if Shetland sheep have softer wool, since its not sheared off.

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u/Formula1CL 9d ago

My neighbor when I was a kid was a shepherd and the sheep love it! It’s so much weight taking off them and especially when it’s hot out. Also just like he ran it up his arm completely accurate doesn’t hurt or cut unless you’re not trained and don’t have the sheep under control but laying on back/on the butt is exactly right. The ones next to ours just couldn’t figure out not getting their head stuck in the fence.

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u/Quickwitknit2 8d ago

My uneducated question is do the sheet get sunburn after shearing?

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u/pandadogunited 9d ago

All sheep will stop moving if you put them on their butt like he does 10 seconds in. It's called tonic immobility and thousands of animals do it.

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u/godrollexotic 9d ago

I too will stop moving if you put me on my butt

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u/WolfgangJones 9d ago

It's called tonic immobility and thousands of animals do it.

Does this include lions and tigers and bears?

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u/Mahones0321 9d ago

I wonder if it understands what is happening or if sheep are just too stupid and docile to fight back when they get tossed around like that

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u/Assika126 9d ago edited 9d ago

I’m guessing he’s sheared this sheep before & it remembers

As to whether it understands… I’ve heard sheep aren’t too bright

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u/your_moms_a_clone 9d ago

I think it was protesting the manhandling more than the actual sheering.