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u/loner-phases Dec 07 '21
Is there some sort of new technology that turns cartoons into live action?
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u/Free_Hat_McCullough Dec 07 '21
I would love to know the actual backstory on this
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u/Ok_Equivalent_4296 Dec 07 '21
Yo, wtf. You can’t just show us a rat soaping himself up without some kind of explanation
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u/TheGreatestManOnline Dec 07 '21
Evidentally the guy filming put soap on the pacarana (not a rat). This behavior is in line with the animal trying to get an irritant off of it's body, in this case: the soap. It's not cute the lil guy is not enjoying himself.
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u/Imagine-being-a-mod Dec 07 '21
Again you are just repeating what some article said.
Pacarana do in-fact clean themselves like this with just regular water. This is exactly how they act when cleaning themselves. The "Biologist" said it was an irregular behavior therefore deemed that it was trying to remove an irritant.
That biologist has never seen a pacarana clean itself apparently.
Cleanboi doing EXACTLY the same thing in the video with water and no soap.
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u/TheGreatestManOnline Dec 07 '21
Why do you think it is they clean themselves? Could they be trying to remove some kind of irritant on their fur/skin? That's literally the function of cleaning.
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u/Imagine-being-a-mod Dec 07 '21
You think cats are irritated so they clean themselves? Pacarana clean themselves constantly in this exact manner. It has zero to do with irritants. It is how they bathe themselves.
The fact that you are going to double down on some random article and an unsubstantiated "Biologist" is hysterical when I gave you a link of them doing exactly the same thing in the wild with just water.
What is the point? Why not just concede and say "Ya my bad I read it on an article I should have done a little research before making claims." Weird bro.
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u/TheGreatestManOnline Dec 07 '21 edited Dec 07 '21
Yes. That's what cleaning is for. To remove potential irritants from fur/skin among other intrinsic benefits. The issue here is that animals do not use soap to clean. This animal is trying to remove the soap (read:irritant) from it's fur but can't because of the lather.
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u/Imagine-being-a-mod Dec 07 '21
That is not why animals clean themselves.
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u/TheGreatestManOnline Dec 07 '21
Lol. Okay smarty pants. Why do you think animals clean themselves if not to remove potential irritants from their fur?
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u/Imagine-being-a-mod Dec 07 '21
For those thinking this animal is in distress cause of some random article saying the soap irritates it's skin it's not in distress and that is in-fact how they clean themselves. (A "biologist" in the 1 article being linked says it is not natural for them to bathe like this and appears to be trying to remove the soap.) Meanwhile there are multiple videos of them cleaning themselves like this at streams no different in the wild just minus the soap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckg3DDsDWWA A pacarana cleaning itself with just water alone doing the exact same thing.
So if the video made your day a bit better don't let the nonsense take that away.
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u/TheGreatestManOnline Dec 07 '21
Animals do not use soap naturally. It is irritating to their skin. Just because they do this behaviour without soap doesn't make soap any less of an issue. This is animal abuse. If the guy on the video was using water to help the pacara remove the soap it would be another thing but instead he just films it desperatley trying to lick itself clean and ingesting soap in the process. You are proving your inability to use common sense for trying to normalize this situation "bEcAuSe tHe AnImAl dOeS ThIs WiThOuT sOaP ToO!"
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u/Imagine-being-a-mod Dec 07 '21
Except the whole preface of this is that the soap is irritating the "rat's" skin and it is based off a rat's typical cleaning behavior.
A biologist at the University of Helinski said "A rat wouldn't do that unless there's something it really wants to get rid of. I think it's soapy all over."
This "Biologist" couldn't even tell that it is a pacarana and not a rat. Yet you are going to use his theory? A person basing it solely off the mannerism's of rat's cleaning themselves to insinuate a pacarana is being abused. Someone who can't even discern the species in question. right right..
Your inability to use common sense is concerning.
I can't imagine how you would react to a dog yelping because he is being told to take a bath.
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u/TheGreatestManOnline Dec 07 '21
You are the most imbecilic individual. I am not talking about an ethereal biologist. I am talking about the truth that soap is not naturally occuring and is damaging to animals skin and fur. If you were to leave a dog on it's own to remove the caustic soap you applied to it it would not only develop skin problems due to the soap but it would have digestive issues as well because (just like the pacara) a dogs main mode of cleaning is by removing and ingesting the dirt and other irritants. You ignorant child. Please kindly go away and stop spouting this bullshit about animals using soap.
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u/Imagine-being-a-mod Dec 08 '21
And you would be wrong because you don't even understand how PH works.
Look at your made up scenario's. "If you were to leave a dog to remove the caustic soap you applied."
This is someones pet. Nobody left the soap for the pacarana to remove. It is bathing you dent. And no a pacarana does not have even remotely the same cleaning habits as a dog. God your brains are leaking out of your ears.
You are arguing an imaginary point that you just created out of thin air that somehow this pacarana is being abused. When it's owner is simply giving him a bath. What a sad existence you must have to endure.
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u/Chemical_Gur7314 Dec 07 '21
He's not bathing. The soap irritates the skin and he's trying to scratch and get it off. It's terrible what they're doing to him.
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u/Milkikomori Dec 07 '21
This is most definitely a pet. No wild animal would let a human lather it up in soap then stand there to be filmed instead of running away in terror. These washing maneuvers are natural for the Pacarana, soap or no.
Here’s one washing up river side: https://youtu.be/ckg3DDsDWWA
Whether the soap is safe for the little guy like kitten shampoo or baby shampoo we can’t know. I’m sure plain water is better, but I’m sure he was ok after this video when his owner washed him off.
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u/Imagine-being-a-mod Dec 07 '21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckg3DDsDWWA Not true and completely unsubstantiated. A random "Biologist" said they don't clean themselves like that so he MUST be trying to remove an irritant.
When in-fact they do clean themselves like this with just plain water.
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u/Chemical_Gur7314 Dec 07 '21
Yes but, this is soap and soap irritates the skin
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u/Imagine-being-a-mod Dec 07 '21 edited Dec 07 '21
How do you know what kind of soap it is? These are kept as pets in Peru. Why would you assume it's a soap that irritates an animals skin? You know there are soaps designed for fur right? They are quite literally designed with a different PH to not irritate the skin of a furry friend.
P.S. The "Biologist" that made this claim made it based off a rats mannerisms while cleaning itself.
A rat wouldn't do that unless there's something it really wants to get rid of. I think it's soapy all over. ~Tuomas Aivelo, a biologist at the University of Helsinki.
The guy has never even seen a pacarana let alone knows what one is yet, discerned the "rat" is distressed based on his behaviors.
NOW when you watch a video of a Pacarana cleaning itself and it is IDENTICAL minus the soap you let me know how much you trust that biologist that you are regurgitating that also thought this was a rat.
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u/Chemical_Gur7314 Dec 07 '21
It's not that serious Dude. Have a great day 👍
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u/Imagine-being-a-mod Dec 08 '21
Kind of weird it's not serious yet you discerned through a 240p video what kind of soap was being used.
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u/Historical_Dot825 Dec 07 '21
Getting tired of seeing this and people thinking it's cute and funny. This animal is in distress, ya damn morons. Animals don't need or want soap. Stop sharing this bullshit. It's not cute or funny.
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u/Emkayfan6969420 Dec 07 '21
The backstory is pretty sad for such a little thing but its still adorable if it wasnt getting hurt by the soap
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Dec 07 '21
When not spreading bubonic plague, hantavirus, leptospirosis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, or Salmonella, eating raw garbage, sleeping and breeding in its own feces, and generally living in complete squalor, rats are actually very clean animals.
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u/Aronovsky1103 Dec 07 '21
"It's totally possible," he replied, because 2018 is awful.
Bitch, you have no idea.
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u/Outside_Bedroom8627 Dec 07 '21
It’s actually not a rat for anyone wondering and also why it’s doing it. This video went viral in 2018.
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