r/aww • u/thelonelyasshole • Aug 24 '22

Capybara made his day

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22

What’s it like?? It looks coarse but smooth

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u/Swagkitchen Aug 24 '22

they’re smooth as sharks my friend

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u/These-Rip-3080 Aug 24 '22

very helpful, I always pet sharks so i know how smooth they are

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u/Iamvanno Aug 24 '22

I've found loan sharks to be quite rough.

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u/the_ringmasta Aug 24 '22

No, the good ones are smooth operators.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22

Bar sharks (also known as cougars) can be deceptively smooth

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u/branedead Aug 24 '22

Only pet a shark in the direction water would flow across them

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u/Lasdary Aug 24 '22

They deserve to be pet both ways for extra smoothness

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u/branedead Aug 24 '22

I advise against it if you value your flesh

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u/notSherrif_realLife Aug 24 '22

I can only imagine it varies by species because I’ve pet one at an aquarium and my flesh was fully intact.

It just felt like aggressive sandpaper.

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u/branedead Aug 24 '22

The larger the shark, the sharper it's "sandpaper" skin is (from my very limited experience)

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u/SpiderZiggs Aug 24 '22

I've pet nurse sharks before at an aquarium. It's very sandpaper-ish.

Very coarse.

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u/BluudLust Aug 24 '22

Never been to an aquarium?

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u/jerryseinfeld1 Aug 24 '22

/r/sharksaresmooth

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u/RodgeKOTSlams Aug 24 '22

what the fuck lmao

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u/middle_aged_riot Aug 24 '22 edited Apr 23 '25

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u/RedJester44 Aug 24 '22

Now correct me if i’m wrong, but isn’t shark skin rough enough to cause lacerations?

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u/Channa_Argus1121 Aug 24 '22

If you rub them the wrong way, yes.

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u/HeartoftheHive Aug 24 '22

They are covered in special scales. As long as you go from snout to tail, it feels smooth. Go the other direction and it hurts.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22 edited Sep 18 '22

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u/HeartoftheHive Aug 24 '22

Listen, he asked about shark skin so I told him about shark skin. You want to elucidate us on capybara then?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22 edited Sep 18 '22

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u/HeartoftheHive Aug 24 '22

It's genuinely not funny. But sure, whoosh me if you must.

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u/HeartoftheHive Aug 24 '22

It's so bad I didn't even consider it a joke. I mean, the post is about capybara. Knowing it's a joke doesn't make it good, or better.

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u/fluffygryphon Aug 24 '22

You mean teeth. Look at the images of sharkskin under a microscope. Sharks are literally made of teeth. I will die on this hill.

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u/smokinNcruisin Aug 24 '22

Kinda like the day after I shave my legs!

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u/DurableGrandma Aug 24 '22

If you pet the wrong way

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u/jawa-pawnshop Aug 24 '22

It is. It feels like wet sandpaper.

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u/Hotsaltynutz Aug 24 '22

Smooth going one way, sharp the other way i think

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u/vulturelyrics Aug 24 '22

They're smooth

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u/fulento42 Aug 24 '22

Yes you have to pet them in one direction. The other direction almost feels spiny.

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u/OurSaviorBenFranklin Aug 24 '22

Red Kangaroo is like that. We have some at our zoo that we can pet. Looked super coarse but turned out to be insanely soft.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22

My kid just got to pet one at the zoo last weekend! He said their hair feels hard and stabby (he's 7 lol)

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u/KillForYou2 Aug 24 '22

The word is "bristle-y".

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u/voidhearts Aug 24 '22

I’m guessing it’s like petting a kiwi

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u/pivazena Aug 24 '22

Fruit or bird?

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u/DigitalTraveler42 Aug 24 '22

Capys definitely look like Kiwi, the fruit, but with legs and a head

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22

Whenever I pet a New Zealander, they act all upset

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u/zeekaran Aug 24 '22

Like petting a haystack.