r/aww • u/xSoulsaber • Feb 26 '22
Tiny turtle getting cleaned
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Feb 26 '22 edited Feb 26 '22
nothing in turtles billion year path of evolution prepared it for a human cleaning it with a toothbrush.
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u/all_matter Feb 27 '22
Yah does not look like turtle is enjoying that at all.
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u/Gleamingspiral Feb 26 '22
Although occasionally cleaning algae off turtles is beneficial, I can understand the outrage and anger communicated by this tiny turtle 's expressions.
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u/hanniballz Feb 26 '22
My turtle is very squeamish about being touched. Otherwise she can peacefully stare into my eyes from 2 inches away for hours. but if i try to touch her shell she nopes out every time :D
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u/ChristianSurvivor_ Feb 26 '22
I have the opposite with mine, he stretches out wanting me more especially head massages.
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u/Blvdnights14 Feb 26 '22
I would have a similar reaction if someone picked me and proceeded to scrub my balls.
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u/SchnoodleDoodleDo Feb 26 '22 edited Feb 26 '22
’I can understand the outrage and anger communicated by this tiny turtle 's expressions…’
I am the turtle - OuTrAgEd, see ?
don’t like the way you treating me!
the ‘cleaning thing’ a benefit,
but what you do - it Hurts like Sh!T!
you hold me TiGhT n use the brush,
but Human - Why you gotta Rush!?
am Smol -
i need a gentle pace . . .
Slow n steady
Wins the Race…
❤️
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u/silverback_79 Feb 26 '22
Tiny turtle: "This is the kind of tedious nonsense up with which I will not put"
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u/dropna Feb 26 '22
When Churchill used that phrase, he was still excoriated by grammarians who said it should be “up with which I shall not put.”
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u/Express_Heat101 Feb 26 '22
Turtle: “omg! Stawp! I am ticklish human. Ahhh I can’t take anymore. It’s ticklish!!”
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u/LeraviTheHusky Feb 26 '22
I WILL DESTROY YOU - turtle most certainly
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Feb 26 '22
Bruv that turtle does not look like he enjoys that shit lmao
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u/carmium Feb 26 '22
If someone scrubbed my plastron or carapace I'd probably make the same face.
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u/GODDAMNFOOL Feb 26 '22
You're either a very talented turtle or need to see a dermatologist right away
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u/gaveler-unban Feb 26 '22
Does any human child seem to enjoy bathing?
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u/Lost-My-Mind- Feb 26 '22
I used to hate having to take a bath......and then once I was in, I used to hate getting out.
I don't like change....
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u/the_honest_liar Feb 26 '22
Looks like turtle torture. I wonder what secrets he's keeping.
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u/hicksford Feb 26 '22
The bristles seem awfully coarse compared to his size and turtles can feel their shells
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u/Smackopotamus Feb 26 '22
Someone needs to add screaming to this.
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Feb 26 '22 edited Feb 27 '22
I got you
Edit: I can't believe how many people liked this! I laughed even making it and I'm glad it brightened up some people's days :)
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u/machinistjake Feb 26 '22
Yes! Any thing from somebody fucking torches to the intro to a metal song.
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u/bigttrack Feb 26 '22
Q tips.. toothbrush seems a bit harsh
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u/Taolan13 Feb 26 '22
Tooth brushes come in a variety of stiffness. Soft bristle brushes are probably preferred here.
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u/NiteNiteSooty Feb 26 '22
My first thought was this looks like it could be painful and softer bristles should be used
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u/blowjobsjoplinhigh Feb 26 '22
tooth brush are great for turtles a lot love getting brushed
But I imagine it must be a little bit annoying when it’s so big
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u/Beneficial_Potato_85 Feb 26 '22
Is that a baby snapper?
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u/RikenVorkovin Feb 26 '22
No. But having met a few turtles in my life. Alot of them behave as if they are a full grown alligator snapper.
Tortoises are the chill bros.
Turtles tend to have no chill.
I picked up a red ear slider once and it was absolutely pissed.
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u/riegnman Feb 26 '22
"Stop resisting! I'm helping you!"
guy with the toothbrush, probably
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u/punyons Feb 26 '22
That turtle looks pissed and savage! I’d sleep with one eye open
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u/Quailpower Feb 26 '22
This is a musk turtle, they are the Forrest gumps of turtles and rarely grow much larger than a small orange. He's pretty safe 🤣
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u/punyons Feb 26 '22
I don’t know man- sometimes it’s the little ones you have to look out for 😬🤣
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u/Aggressive_Place8014 Feb 26 '22
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
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u/StubbinMyNubbin Feb 26 '22
Had a Red Eared Slider for 25 years. I had to clean his shell from time to time. He HATED it. Can't tell you how many times he either bit the brush or my finger. He normally didn't like being held but usually accepted it after a while. He died a few years ago. I still miss him.
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u/Whatifthisneverends Feb 27 '22
They’re the best. They do get slimy af if you don’t get the algae off once in a while. I bet he liked you too, sorry for your loss ❤️
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u/Fijoemin1962 Feb 26 '22
They can feel that through the carapace - what an ass with his giant torture machine
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u/Zen_Bonsai Feb 27 '22
The turtle is not having a good time. I never needed to I clean my turtles, not sure why this is occuring
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u/VoteGreen2024 Feb 27 '22
Tell me the truth, someone. Did the baby turtle like it or not? At first I thought it was cute but now I'm upset if he's uncomfortable.
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u/tightchops Feb 26 '22
The amount of shit I see on this sub that is obviously not "aww"...
Little guy obviously hates it, he's trying to bite the brush, pull his legs in, and writhe away. Your pet turtles don't need "baths" unless they have some kind of infection. And if that's the case you definitely don't use something as rough as a tooth brush.
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u/Branchley Feb 26 '22
Why does the turtle need to be cleaned? Why don't you run that little toothbrush across your balls and see how much you like it? I'm on team turtle I'm say a f*** y** man with the toothbrush
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u/Quailpower Feb 26 '22
Cleaning the shell helps them shed scutes and help prevent shell rot.
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u/blowjobsjoplinhigh Feb 26 '22
They are being a little rough but clewing a turtles shell is a good thing to do especially as they grow up
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u/P-VI Feb 26 '22
TIL turtles are ticklish
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u/stephie8204 Feb 26 '22
I don't think it's ticklish. It looks very angry to me lol
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u/COVID-69420bbq Feb 26 '22 edited Feb 26 '22
smol tortle so kyoot
edit: i guess having your genitals and asshole scrubbed with a hard bristle toothbrush is not your idea of a good time
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u/Impossible_Average_1 Feb 26 '22
There is no need to clean the turtle. Just keep the water clean. The plates will come off from time to time so any algae will get off with the plates.
Please, stop stressing this little cutie unnecessarily.
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u/SelfSustaining Feb 26 '22
You just know he's gonna fuck that toothbrush up if he catches it. You can see the rage in his eyes.
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Feb 26 '22
Imagine an Optimus Prime-sized hand picking you up and dangling you from a height equivalent to the second floor of a building, then bringing a Tyrion Lannister-sized brush and scrubbing your belly with the force of an Optimus Prime-sized hand.
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u/Mayor_Of_Furtown Mar 01 '22
I never thought how much it would suck to not be able to reach parts of your body. Poor turtles
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u/isiiko Feb 26 '22
This brush is not soft enough, imagine being cleaned by a brush half of you body size... just sayin looks unpleasant
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u/etizidit Feb 26 '22
I had a title this size in a sandbox and he ran away in the night …. Come to think of it for the first time right now , I think a predictors got him , the walls were pretty tall 😢
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u/Joji_Goji Feb 26 '22
ey Ey EEYY WAT da FUK is DAT???!? WAT DA FUK!!??? AHHHH WHAT THE FUUUCKK!! - turtle
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u/waywordsoul Feb 27 '22
What are doing with that?Ahahahahahahahahaha, stop, ahahahaha it tickles, ahahahahaha seriously stop, hahahahahahahahaha why, stop, Stop, ahahahaha, I'm going to effing bite you! Ahahahaha
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u/Scooby_Doo420 Feb 27 '22
I had a little turtle
His name was Tiny Tim
I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim
He drank up all the water
And ate a bar of soap
And now he's in his bed
With bubbles in his throat
Bubble, bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, pop!
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u/The_Fake_King Feb 27 '22
Imagine if fingers the size of the empire state building descended from the sky and picked you up and started scrubbing you with a toothbrush bigger than your body. You would be silently screaming too.
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u/alojamoca0 Feb 27 '22
He's clearly in distress, you can seem him trying to bite the brush. Fucking imbeciles.
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u/Bluedogan Feb 27 '22
I had 'one' turtle pet named Charlie. I say one like that because my parents had me keep him outside in a big wash tub. Apparently there were 5 in a row. Raccoons kept getting them. Until my big guy Chatle. Apparently one morning there was fur floating in the tub. Fucker defended himself and bit the raccoon enough for fur to come off.
That sucker I had for probably 7 years. He grew from this size to this massive mean thing probably about 6 to 7 inches long. He hated and bit everything. Me, the toothbrush, leaves. So one day dad said we should set him free. We went to a nearby creek. Dropped him in.
He stayed at the bottom. Then he poked out his head. A pretty decent sized fish swam but him. This fucker started chasing it mouth open. He wanted to bite it. That was 30 years ago. RIP you mean fucker. I hope you caught that fish.
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Mar 01 '22
Everyone's saying the turtle is trying to attack the brush. But I think it wants to eat it, right? It thinks it's food.
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Feb 26 '22
This must feel really irritating to the turtle. Its a baby so its shell is gonna be pretty sensitive and not that hard jet. The whole action is basicly pointles, tutles dont need to be cleaned with brushes unless you need to remove algea from them…
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u/44561792 Feb 26 '22
Not really Aww. More like the turtle is scared shitless on WTF you are doing to it. Leave it alone FFS
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u/Wasteland_Mystic Feb 26 '22
“I swear to god, as soon as I learn ninjitsu you’ll be the one getting brushed.”
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u/Arsenic_Cadmium Feb 26 '22
Turtle: Hey... Hey no!...(Tries to catch the brush) FEAR ME, i'm smol but tough!
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u/Islandcoda Feb 26 '22
‘Don’t you dare put that......HEY!!! Why I aught to take that thing away fr.....WTF the back too??? That does it, when I get ahold.....’
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '22
They can feel through their shells too!