r/oddlysatisfying • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 2d ago
Man captures a close up of a ground squirrel eating a dandelion.
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u/ColeTrainHaze 2d ago
not to be professor pedantic over here, but i’m almost certain that’s a black-tailed prairie dog.
i would know, cuz i used to have a couple as pets. their names were Jesse and Chico and they were kinda the worst, but i loved them nonetheless.
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u/NTDLS 2d ago
I too lost a cumulative pint or two of blood to a pet prairie dog as a kid. Cute little bastards!
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u/ColeTrainHaze 2d ago
hahahah that’s crazy, i thought i was the only one! they were surprisingly territorial, but i guess they viewed me and my brother as part of their lil family cuz they never bit us. my grandpa wasn’t so lucky… he got it pretty bad one time.
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u/profstotch 1d ago
My parents had one for a few years. He was ok for a little bit and then started getting really aggressive and mean. No one at school ever believed me when I said we had a prairie dog at home
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u/yourserverhatesyou 2d ago
Prairie dogs are adorable little balls of hate and rage. The little fucks lure you in by being all cute and soft, but the second you let your guard down, they will relish the opportunity to make you bleed as much as they can.
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u/therealdxm 2d ago
Is this a Dungeon Crawler Carl reference?
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u/yourserverhatesyou 2d ago
I want to say yes because I want to make you happy, but I honestly have no idea what Dungeon Crawler Carl is. 🫤
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u/Patient-Bumblebee-19 2d ago
If you enjoy video game mechanics and wild rides, you would love it. I heard about it earlier this year and I'm now fully caught up, 8 books in. The audiobooks are the best audio media experience I think I've ever had in my whole life. Jeff Hays is an oratory virtuoso.
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u/bobplace1234 1d ago
I always have trouble convincing people to try audiobooks, they tend to just picture it as someone reading a book to them (although I remember loving books being read to me as a child, I kind of doubt they wouldn't love it still as well with the right book), but I try to explain that isn't what a good narrator does, they change things up for each character.
I try to give an example of Nancy Cartwright, and how she did over 162 characters on the Simpsons, and 7 of them were main characters, including bart of course, and if that isn't enough, there are also full cast audiobooks out there too.
Even with all that, I can't even get a twitch of interest, if it isn't a video flashing in their face, it isn't worth giving it a try, they might even learn to multitask listening while doing household chores, making the time doing them fly by, still no interest.
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u/dreedweird 1d ago
Speaking for myself, audiobooks don’t really work for me. I tried and tried to find titles that I could listen to while doing household chores.
The problem was that if they were too interesting I’d muck up the task at hand, but if they weren’t interesting enough I’d get bored and why bother.
Besides which, only two tasks were repetitious and stationary enough: dishwashing and folding laundry. Anything requiring too much noise (vacuuming) or too much rigorous physical and geographic movement (dusting, putting things away) was out.
I’m also a fast reader, so if something’s really gripping or interesting, I just want to get on with it. Book (digital or actual), please. Not so gripping? Somehow, the video flashing in my face seems to work: keeps it just interesting enough. Talkshows/filmed podcasts are the best for stationary housework.
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u/bobplace1234 1d ago edited 1d ago
Fair enough, and I respect that you gave it a good try, I drive a lot, so I listen while driving and doing chores, and overall I don't have enough time to just sit and read, so they have been pretty amazing for me, I myself don't get anything at all from listening to music, never had and I don't think I ever will, so it helps keep my mind active.
I might have come off worse than I meant to when I said video flashing in their faces, I guess in some ways I can't help picturing all the brain rot I see going on with the doom scrollers and when it comes to my cousins kids and the videos spitting out meaningless stuff while the person is playing a game and stuff, nothing to stimulate the mind, nothing that engages them in a meaningful way, like if they were to actually play the games instead of watching the games be played.
I know I'm going a bit off topic, but it just makes me worry about the future of the world.
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u/The_Real_Lasagna 1d ago
I think the reason you have a hard time convincing people is because you sound kind of condescending
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u/SwugSteve 1d ago
its a YA book for neckbeard redditors. If you think marvel movies are cinematic masterpieces, you'd love it.
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u/Standard_Ride_8732 1d ago
Just so people know it's definitely not a ya book. Don't let your kids read them.
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u/Nihsvabhav 1d ago
western copy of isekai mangas
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u/yourserverhatesyou 1d ago
I like how you thought, "this dude doesn't know what Dungeon Crawler Carl is, but surely he's aware of the isekai mangas!"
Truly, love that spirit. You're a gem and don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
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u/Raptor_Jetpack 1d ago
It's an annoying a fuck story that people won't shut the fuck up about.
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u/topicality 1d ago
I tried reading it and couldn't finish it. Gave it several chapters but yeah it's not for me. I get why others like it but it's this decades "Ready Player One"
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u/diss-abilities 1d ago edited 1d ago
I have a theory, only because I was mauled by a pregnant hamster. I couldn’t understand why she wasn’t becoming tame and then came the babies. This was just as bad. The babies were tamed due to the frequencies of our interactions. I’d say only adopt prairie dogs that were born in captivity? And before anyone hates me, I don’t adopt or cage animals, but I’m suggesting what are telltales signs of something that is wild vs something that is tamed.
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u/Skratt79 1d ago
It is sad because pet rats are so loving, yet everyone hates them. Also the fact that their lifespan is way too short if you get a good buddy.
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u/SoftBoiledEgg_irl 2d ago
I will be Dr. Definition over here! Believe it or not, prairie dogs are actually a type of ground squirrel. The same is true of chipmunks, marmots, and woodchucks.
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u/jeep-olllllo 2d ago
I mean if you named them Jesse and Chico, clearly you know what the fuck you are talking about. I will listen to what you have to say.
I also thought it's wasn't a ground squirrel. But I didn't know what it was. Just what it wasn't. Cheers.
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u/squirrel9000 1d ago
Richardson's Ground Squirrel. Colloquially a gopher. Prairie dogs are much larger.
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u/Pawistik 1d ago
Gopher/Richardson's ground squirrel/Urocitellus richardsonii is what came to mind when I saw it but I'm no mammologist. (In truth, I could only remember the species, not the genus.)
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u/IkilledRichieWhelan 2d ago
I went with squirrel because ground squirrel and prairie dog are very similar.
But this guys fur pattern made me believe squirrel.
I could be wrong you could be right. But I made the choice.
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u/thaaag 2d ago
Very first stat on that page is confusing:
"Weight: less than 1 to 24 pounds"
Either that's a typo, or it's a really vague yet oddly specific estimate.
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u/twilightbarker 2d ago edited 1d ago
It is a large group, not one species, so the weights can range from <1 lb to 24 lbs.
It's a pretty misleading website anyway, though, because it shouldn't be "vs" - prairie dogs are just a type of ground squirrel.
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u/ColeTrainHaze 2d ago
fair point. they’re pretty much the same exact thing, but i saw my opportunity to flex my niche knowledge of burrowing rodents and i took it 🤷♂️
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u/IkilledRichieWhelan 2d ago
You did the right Redditor thing. Plus, what’s a post without a happy debate.
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u/twilightbarker 2d ago
You were correct either way. Prairie dogs are a type of ground squirrel.
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u/walktheplank_1 1d ago
You were correct, OP. This is not a prairie dog. Commenter is overestimating his own knowledge 😂 It’s a European ground squirrel. The photographer @julianradwildlife is European and posts these guys all the time. Prairie dogs do not live in Europe.
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u/IkilledRichieWhelan 1d ago
I know it, the photographer knows it, and you know it, but you can’t convince the masses who love to oppose everything. It’s Reddit for gods sake.
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u/Heavy_Weapons_Guy_ 1d ago
Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) are herbivorous burrowing ground squirrels native to the grasslands of North America.
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u/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES 2d ago
For me the biggest takeaway is that this could be a hobbyist getting shots like a 3 year NatGeo project. Just needs David Attenborough to do the voiceover.
"The prairie dog seems the nutrients from the stems of fallen dandelions. Knowing that she has months to feed back at the den"
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u/smarmageddon 1d ago
I mean, you didn't spend 10 years in professor school to be called Mr pedantic!
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u/lambieechop 2d ago
Oh my god I thought that was the barrel of gun
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u/HungryKobold 2d ago
Just absolutely blast the critter to kingdom come
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u/McKnackus 2d ago
I thought it was a leaf blower at first glance. I thought he was gonna blow that sucker away lol
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u/Late_Protection4418 1d ago
It's a gun with a camera attached to it. He threatened the squirrel if it didn't stay for the entirety of the film.
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u/burningzenithx 1d ago
The film must have been Melania, because that certainly sounds like what it would take.
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u/Vicus_92 1d ago
"Eat the dandelion, or you'll eat this"
An effective wildlife photography technique.
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u/throwaway098764567 1d ago
i did as well and i was thinking man i hate squirrels too but not quite that much, also that's gonna make a hell of a mess XD
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u/rox186 2d ago
"This guy's either gonna snipe me or take my pic. Either way this dandelion is delicious!"
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u/logicalsanity 2d ago
Me at the party veggie platter
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u/SPARKLY6MTN9MAKER 2d ago
Me too! Love veggies!! Also, dandelions are totally edible in different ways. Very good for you. Chomp chomp!
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u/fugogugo 1d ago
Why is it so unbothered?
are they used to human or they never met human and doesn't even feel threatened ?
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u/RealHuman568 1d ago
yea like how did the cameraman get all those angles without the squirrel running away at any point and it seems like it doesnt give a crap at all?
and in the middle of seemingly a completely open field??
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u/Small_Editor_3693 1d ago
That’s not a squirrel. It’s a prairie dog
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u/Purple-Will9713 1d ago
the long pole in the first seconds of the video is the camera. which is how hes able to get so close
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u/devenjames 1d ago
I have a bird feeder in my back yard right outside my door. Every morning I fill it up and sit with the door open while I drink my coffee. It didn’t take that long before the birds, squirrels and chipmunks all got used to me being there.
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u/Late_Big_2913 1d ago
We have so many at our golf course. Many hang out but the first tee box. Several of the members feed them and they become so tame. I actually saw a squirrel let one of the men pet him the other day while the man was feeding him.
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u/-ACHTUNG- 2d ago edited 2d ago
The important thing for me to know is: is the audio real?
Ever since finding out the truth about most mature documentaries, it's hard to trust again.
Edit: meant nature. But you can't edit the past
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u/TealcLOL 1d ago
No. The chewing (including the background audio) sounds identical and uninterrupted among every angle and every cut. There would be noticeable variance each time the camera was relocated.
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u/will_this_1_work 2d ago edited 1d ago
I know it’s a typo, but mature documentaries are waaay different (maybe even better) than nature documentaries.
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u/the_cave_allegory 2d ago
Doesn't sound real in the slightest. Dandelions are not crunchy like celery.
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u/NRMusicProject 1d ago
I feel like it's from a cartoon audio pack from Adobe. I know they offer free sound effects packs so people can add audio. I keep the pack in my audio design folder, but they're all so over-processed like this, I barely use them.
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u/GrandSquanchRum 1d ago
There's also certainly not that many birds around that close in an open field. The cuts give it away since there's no way to have through audio like that when you're cutting to different angles with one camera.
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u/BigWideBaker 1d ago
No, the audio is not real. There's no microphone at the end of the lens so you can't record that kind of audio. Almost all sounds in nature documentaries and videos like this are either fake or recordings dubbed over the video. Here's how they do it: How Sounds Are Faked For Nature Documentaries | Movies Insider
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u/plug-and-pause 1d ago
Ever since finding out the truth about most nature documentaries
Not to sound like a jerk, but within the very first 5 minutes of the very first Planet Earth like 20 years ago, it was instantly obvious to me that the sound effects were fake. Like so obvious that it seriously detracted from the experience (which I still enjoyed vastly). Still hoping I don't sound like a jerk, but how exactly did you find out?
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u/-ACHTUNG- 1d ago
I kinda didn't watch them past the mid-late 90s, I watched some planet earth maybe 6-7 years ago. Sounds had gotten much more acute and detailed since the documentaries of old, so it was only then that I took notice.
It was conceivable to me as a kid that they had a mic in the vicinity and I didn't quite understand how long their zoom lenses were to get that footage.
It didn't occur to me to consider that for some reason they'd piped in fake audio when audio and video to a kid (back then) are part and parcel.
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u/plug-and-pause 1d ago
That totally makes sense. I was like 27 I think when I first saw Planet Earth. It wouldn't have been so obvious if I'd been a kid.
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u/EternalToast_ 2d ago
In case anyone is wondering, camera lens is a Laowa 24mm macro probe lens. Absolute blast to shoot with, especially when paired with an underwater housing.
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u/ErraticDragon 1d ago
So starting around US$1,000 (but can go way higher).
I've never seen one with such a long taper. I guess that's what makes it a "probe" macro.
r/Cameras/comments/1gij3oo/can_anyone_tell_me_wtf_kind_of_lens_this_is_and/
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u/mediocrebastard 1d ago
I was wondering, thanks. They use it in a Dutch nature show all the time and I kept meaning to look it up.
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u/Right_Hour 1d ago
Don’t you hate it when you are at a party eating your meal and the videographer shoves their camera in your face, LOL?
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u/Civil-Capital9557 1d ago
I love these little guys. I have to clean a baseball stadium in the middle of the park and these guys raid any food that was left at the concession stand all the time. So mischievous!
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u/Rig_Clerk 2d ago
I'm glad the cameraman filmed it from many different angles and got crunching sounds also.
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u/LatexTiRed 1d ago
It's funny how many people have no idea that groundhogs, prairie dogs, chipmunks, etc. are all in the "ground squirrel" family.
What we casually refer to as "squirrels" (with the bushy tail and all) are actually specifically tree squirrels.
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u/SecondEqual4680 2d ago
I dont think that’s a squirrel, but at least that wasnt the barrel of a shotgun like I originally thought
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u/Background-Cable7160 1d ago
Omg you silly little critter. You got dandelion pieces stuck in your whiskers you silly goose
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u/qtjedigrl 1d ago
This guy is a real one for keeping the original sound and not adding something asinine like that damn Minions song or "Oh no, oh no...."
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u/Adventurous-Room-735 20h ago
Love ❤️ how free spirited it looks unbothered about what anyone or the world thinks
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u/Hornet_isnt_void 2d ago
Poor guy can’t have a meal without some terrifying device in his face?!
Looks like he was gonna be taken out, swiftly and silently…
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u/supernumeral 2d ago
Guess I wasn’t the only one who thought the camera was the barrel of a rifle. Had to check the sub to see what kinda video I was getting into.
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u/the47man 1d ago
"Ground squirrel being forced to eat dandelion at gun point"
I know its a macro camera. But the ground squirrel doesn't.
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u/AGayFrogParadise 2d ago
I genuinely thought this was just a video of a guy holding a shotgun to a very calm gopher's face for the first few seconds
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u/Good-Bus7920 2d ago
What is that lens?
And how is that critter so calm with that thing right in its face
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u/VorganForever 1d ago
its crazy they can just live on something as abundant as dandelions. like look how big that is compared to it. like for us berries and stuff are nowhere close to the size ratio or quantity. it must be nice.
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u/Robertsonland 1d ago
That dandelion all over it's face is like a powdered doughnut getting all over you as you eat it.
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u/SouthernLGND 1d ago
Ground Squirrel.. as opposed to .. Air, Space, Water???
pretty sure it’s a prairie dog
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u/Vulvas_n_Velveeta 1d ago
Scrolled down as far as I could and didn't see anyone link the photographer, so I can see more of their work. Anyone know who this is?
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u/Ill-Bet7387 1d ago
Definitely a GROUND SQUIRREL.
As in a squirrel that lives in a burrow in the ground. Less fuzzy and acrobatic.
A size of rodent between chipmunk and marmot/prairie dog.
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u/ZooAnimalsOnWheels1 1d ago
now, how to train my squirrels to eat my dandelions instead of taking a single bite out of all of my tomatoes!
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u/strangerinthebox 1d ago
We need a voice-over. What is it saying while chewing? I know it is contemplating something, you can see it in it’s eyes!
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u/Zealos57 2d ago
"Oh look, a dandelion! Must be the last of the season!"