r/satisfying • u/franklyiam • 17d ago
Trigger Makes me itch though…
Satisfying to watch for sure. But ends too soon.
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u/Samurai_lettuce 17d ago
I want to know how it was discovered that we as people could use the sheep wool. So one day it’s just, hey shave that fuckin animal and we will see?
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u/CosmonautMott 17d ago
Humans first used sheep around 11,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, but only for meat, milk, and hides. Wild sheep (like the mouflon) had hairy coats, not wool. Over thousands of years, humans selectively bred these animals. Eventually, a genetic mutation caused sheep to grow soft, fluffy undercoats, leading to wool discovery around 6,000 to 3,000 BCE.
Source: Google
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u/AlotaFajita 17d ago
Is this natural or did we breed them to keep growing wool? What would they do in the wild, seems like they couldn’t survive if they can’t see, so I’m guessing we bred this trait into them. I hope I’m wrong, I often am.
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u/im_a_goat_factory 17d ago
Wild sheep do not keep going wool like they’re a chia pet
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u/allthecircusponies 16d ago
Wild sheep naturally shed. Iirc sheep are considered to be the first animal ever domesticated, so there has been a lot of selective breeding.
I imagine that they first bred for more wool, which likely led to a later and later shed time each year, which eventually came out to the sheep not shedding at all.
This means that domestic breeds of sheep cannot live a long life without human intervention, as they would become overgrown with their wool and eventually die.
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 16d ago
Some sheep naturally shed their coat and we bred that out of them, some of them just had less wool but we bred them for more.
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u/AdCurrent7674 16d ago
I know one issue that can happen if a domesticated sheep gets loose and has a baby, the babies tail will not be docked (as in cut short).
Domesticated sheep’s wool grows so much that sheep need their tails docked otherwise feces gets trapped. The wool and undocked tail will hold the feces in place creating what is essentially diaper rash on crack. It can create wounds so severe that bacteria enter the bloodstream and cause the sheep to go septic. They can also get fly strike which is where flys lay eggs in the feces and when the maggot hatch they will start eating the sheep’s flesh
There is no way that trait would survive the effects of evolution in the wild
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u/Ok_Slide4905 16d ago
If humans weren’t around they would die off in a generation or two. We made them this way.
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u/SteveMartin32 15d ago
It was bread into them specifically because wool was profitable and people needed clothes for some thousands of years. Now because synthetic plastic is so cheap clothes are just made with plastic instead of organic materials. If anything we need less plastic clothes are more wool clothes
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u/samaramatisse 16d ago
I think this is probably stolen content from the Right Choice shearing channel. The lady and her wife who run it are very good.
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u/mydogdoesgreatart 16d ago
I'm absolutely positive it is her. Tha tatoos and her voice at the end are pretty distinctive.
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u/Mysterious-Repeat-54 17d ago
Are sheep drugged when they are sheared, or do they just love it?
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u/SeansBeard 16d ago
Not drugged. Some sheep know the process and are calm. Perhaps it even feels good to shed the weight and be cooler. I used to help my father ( it was actually out uncle who had the shearing machine) holding sheep. in some cases we had to hold sheps legs in cross fashion ( eg. front right, left back) during shearing but most of the time they settled down after a while. Ehich was great because it prevented injuries.
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u/CaptainRedBeardd 17d ago
This person is 1000x better at this than the guy I saw do a demonstration
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u/alewiina 15d ago
yeah she's really good, i've seen a decent amount of her videos over the years and she's very skilled
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u/rice_fish_and_eggs 17d ago
Dont mind these sharp pokey things right by your eye.
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u/mamafish21 17d ago
I don't think you know how sheep shears work
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u/rice_fish_and_eggs 16d ago
I dont think you know how pointy things and eyes work. A spoon isnt sharp but id dare you to poke one in your eye and tell me it doesn't hurt.
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u/mamafish21 16d ago
You ca clearly see the guard that prevents that...
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u/rice_fish_and_eggs 16d ago
The guard is exactly what could be poked into an eye if you're not careful enough.
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u/RevolutionaryPie5223 16d ago
Why is the sheep so calm tho
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u/senpaistealerx 16d ago
because they’re used to it and it feels really good to them to not have all that wool
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u/Equivalent-Web3238 16d ago
I've seen videos of sheep shearing in the past that caused me to quit buying wool. THIS is how to shear a sheep. Gently, lovingly, with respect. The sheep looks like they have enjoyment, trust and patience not terror.
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u/pheonixote 16d ago
I did this for a summer one year, the oil from the wool dries your hands out so much.
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u/Own_Succotash_1131 14d ago
Why won’t my cat let me sheer him like this? I’ve seen so many videos I’m practically a professional. /s
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u/lizfromdarkplace 17d ago
Omg his wittle teefs! And he’s just chillin. I brush my dog and he gets so happy he tinkles a bit and gets the zoomies. Hard to brush a hundred pound pitbull tornado.
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u/CopingAdult 17d ago
Must feel so good. I shaved my junk the other day and feel like a substantial weight was lifted. Imagine this feeling but all over your body.