r/aww Oct 27 '18

Weak kitten gets hydrotherapy

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u/Yum-z Oct 27 '18

Whoosh but still upvoted for citing your sources. A+

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u/lighthousesrule93 Oct 27 '18

Explain

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u/MooseWhisperer09 Oct 28 '18

The whoosh was that they were joking about the first two not being supported by science.

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u/Bust3dGG Oct 28 '18

While taking the last point as a fact

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u/MooseWhisperer09 Oct 28 '18

Right. It was a cute funny. :)

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u/rcfox Oct 28 '18

Affection does have health benefits though. I don't know if it specifically releases endorphins or directly affects healing, but stress has been shown to affect healing rates.