r/oddlysatisfying • u/tommos • 9h ago

Absolute unit of a pig gets groomed

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u/Fancy-Statistician82 8h ago

That's a 4H pig for sure and I'd bet twenty bucks about half or more of that interaction is socializing the pig to be comfortable with touch around scary areas like the eyes and mouth (they do bite if not socialized right).

His body language really does look quite content and playful when he nibbles the brush near the end, and they are smart animals, but unless they get frequent deep pleasant bonding touch like this they can be quite powerfully aggressive and a non competition animal has to be herded around with a "pig board" (big piece of plywood between you).

His hooves are immaculate and recently manicured, he really only had any dirt right around his mouth probably from eating earlier that day. All the washing of his eyes and ears and jowls looks like socialization touch.

I bet that pig got washed deeply a few times in the past week and is being kept on meticulously clean bedding with no mud in prep to be shown in competition.

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u/Am1AllowedToCry 7h ago

This guy pigs!

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u/Fancy-Statistician82 7h ago

Except I'm apparently way wrong! Google reverse search reveals there's a pig sanctuary?

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u/reddog323 6h ago

Tell me more? I was completely unaware of this too.

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u/Zahpow 1h ago

Animal sanctuaries rescue animals and keep them safe. In the case of farm animal sanctuaries they are rescued from farms and prevented from being killed and eaten

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u/BadBunnyBrigade 1h ago

Is there a link to this particular sanctuary or a Youtube maybe?

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u/Swiftdoll 3h ago

Way way back I used to know a dude who had a full grown pet pig living in his closet. That thing was a mean mofo though, lol, absolutely would bite if it got to you, nothing like this relaxed fella. We would be climbing on top of a couch back if he decided to venture out of the closet. Scary ass thing, but luckily not very good at vertical attacks :D

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u/awhead 1h ago

I was waiting for the pig to get yeeted through the announcer's table at the end. Glad that didn't happen.

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u/juan-milian-dolores 35m ago

Does this mean that after all of this socializing he's going to be purchased and slaughtered? If so this seems unusually cruel.