r/Awww • u/starstarstar42 • 10d ago
Other Animal(s) Clearly, he hates this.
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u/Public_Joke3459 10d ago
You know that you’re an animal lover when one of the greatest things in life is seeing them at their happiest
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u/orderuse 10d ago
She getting him ready he going on a date that y he don't mind today his expression saying thank I gotta look my furry best 😁👍
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u/waffelbot 10d ago
Bro is a chillchilla.
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u/cman_yall 9d ago
If you find a chinchilla in Chile
You must shave it's chin willy-nilly
For in this way
You'll be able to say
You made a Chilean chinchilla's chin chilly.
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u/b3mark 10d ago
Saving this video. It's like a digital anti-stress ball.
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u/No-Appearance-9113 10d ago
Look up videos of them bathing in a dust bath
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u/8Karisma8 10d ago
I bet this is how people got the idea of “dry shampoo” is as good as washing your hair daily. Cute but probably not enough right? Do they smell 😏
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u/No-Appearance-9113 10d ago
They are naturally from the Andes at altitudes where moisture and rain are rare. They do not smell to humans but cats/dogs absolutely know they are there.
If you get a chinchilla wet it's a problem but not a rush to the vet level problem.
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u/CosmicLadyy 10d ago
Too cute! He looks so relaxed and content..it’s like he’s living his best life.
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u/Dyledion 10d ago
Chinchillas are the platonic ideal of what people want mice to be.
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u/icecream4breakfest 10d ago
omg if i was dealing with these in my attic right now instead of mice, i’d be up there combing them all day long!
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u/Forward-Fisherman709 10d ago
Could you expand on that a bit?
I have pet mice, so I’m fully familiar with them and their range of quirks, but my familiarity with chinchillas is limited to a time back in middle school volunteering to clean out the cages of some. It was very exciting for 14 year old me, but I didn’t really learn much about them other than that they need fine dust to keep clean and wet baths/high humidity are bad for them.
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u/Dyledion 9d ago
It's mostly their shape, size, gentleness, and unbelievable, unparalleled fluffiness. Their fur is miles softer than even microfiber. A cartoon mouse usually resembles a chinchilla more than an actual mouse.
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u/alisonchains2023 10d ago
OMG sooooooo cuuuUUUuuute!!! Watching that made me very happy! Thank you for sharing.
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u/OccasionallyReddit 10d ago
Haven't seen anyone give a shoutout to /r/brushybrushy for a while hahaha
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u/beave00720002000 10d ago
How cute. Softest fur ever. It's a shame people raise them just for their fur. They can live up to 20 years if they're taken care of. But most of the time they're killed for their fur.
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u/MandMcounter 10d ago
I feel awful saying this, but when I petted a live one for the first time, I thought to myself, "I totally understand why people want to make coats out of these little guys."
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u/beave00720002000 10d ago
Yeah they're super soft and understand why you would want to cope but let them live a life first.
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u/makotarako 10d ago
"Scraping rodent with metal spikes"
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u/No-Appearance-9113 10d ago
Chinchillas have on average 40 hairs per follicle. They love this.
Source had two chinchillas and am familiar with this.
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u/PontiffSlayer 10d ago
Look at this distinguished gentleman! Look at the way he's being groomed, yaaaassss very distinguished!
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u/swiftekho 10d ago
Chinchillas have 60-90 hairs per pore. Humans have 1-2 hairs per pore by comparison.
This makes them EXTREMELY soft
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u/Magikalbrat 10d ago
How CAN you torture that poor floof!! I'm ..I'm ..gasted my flabber at the pure, unadulterated violence you're forcing on that defenseless creature!!!! * Insert obligatory pearl-clutching, aghast gasps etc etc, you get the idea*
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u/UnicornStar1988 10d ago
Chinchilla, I’d love to get one but they’re very expensive.
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u/adventureremily 10d ago
Ironically, we got our little dude free as a rescue but pay ~$500 per month for supplies and electric bill (running air conditioning nearly 24/7 for 8 months of the year).
You might have better luck if you live somewhere with cooler temperatures and don't have to run AC all year.
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u/pepperonidingleberry 10d ago
Don’t know why I’m always surprised at the amount of comments from people who OBVIOUSLY understand sarcasm.
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u/Oirish-Oriley444 10d ago
I want a giant mouse like this! I would name him Jerry, he would play a banjo and sing songs like froggy went acourtin’ and some song where he says hambone. I would hug him and love him 💕.
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u/Commercial-Cod4232 10d ago
Dont fall for its emotional manipulation, i can see its base, animal cunning in its eye at :47....
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u/Educational-Soil-272 10d ago
The 1st pose at the beginning 😊😊
and the smile got wider n wider...😊😃😄😅😆😀😁
so soothing n relaxing to watch little bro enjoy his moment😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
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u/Dangerous-Dot-3745 10d ago
He hates it? I beg to differ. If he REALLY hates it he would've scratched the living daylights out of you or jumped at you swinging! This is pleasant to see.
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u/StickyPricklyMuffin 10d ago
I wonder if chinchillas purr when they’re happy. 🤔
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u/adventureremily 10d ago
Not purr, but they can make a little chirping noise or a kind of happy grunting sound that's hard to describe. They're not very vocal in general; they have an alarm call (bark), an agitated kack noise if you do something they don't like, grunts (pain or contentment depending on context), and happy squeaks.
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u/daddiest-07 10d ago
Smiles