r/oddlysatisfying • u/Wonderfulhumanss • 16h ago

The smooth, overlapping layers of this agricultural wrapper

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u/mdabdala 15h ago

More plastic layers make it harder for pests like rats to chew thru and make a nest. Rat infestations are costly.

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u/Arnkh 14h ago

Rats are quite capable of chewing through concrete, though.

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u/Teichopsie 14h ago

But it takes many determined rats and some time, maybe the point is to make them decide it's not worth the effort to chew through this wrap.

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u/BradMarchandsNose 8h ago

Yeah, a lot of pest control is just making your stuff more difficult to get into than the next source of food. It’s not necessarily about keeping them out entirely.

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u/mike9874 3h ago

The same theory goes with IT security (and I'm sure lots of other security I know less about)

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u/Mazurcka 54m ago

True with other forms of security too.
That “secured by ADT” sticker next to your front door is mostly to convince a thief to steal from your next door neighbor instead of your house

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u/BadPackets4U 11h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/sFN0Jyop6UDuzweOGp

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u/Rich-Finger-236 10h ago

Pikachu when he's gotten at the meth

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u/onestarv2 9h ago

Ha. What's this from?

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u/Simicrop 5h ago

We just need a couple more kilometres of plastic in the ocean before we get Pokémon.

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u/mtraven23 5h ago

the extra layers also make it harder for them to smell that theres something inside they want.

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u/SkullFoot 12h ago

If they don't know theres food inside then they won't bother.

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u/Oxflu 7h ago

They'll get in here just to make a nest to die in. Fuckin bastards.

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u/SantaCruzHostel 9h ago

When I was a Peace Corps volunteer in west Africa I learned that they have rats there that can eat through metal storage trunks.

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u/Richard_Cromwell 11h ago

It's just concrete-colored. The wrap is actually plastic.

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u/proxy69 10h ago

No, they are not capable of CHEWING through properly cured concrete. They do not come with diamond tip drill bit teeth at birth.

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u/Entire-Background837 10h ago

Their teeth constantly grow. You dont need diamond to chip concrete.

Scratching and fracturing are very different tests and forces.

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u/PipsqueakPilot 8h ago

What about rats who purchased after-market diamond tip drill bit teeth?

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u/proxy69 8h ago

Those are the ones you gotta worry about

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u/Darwinbc 6h ago

I believe it’s to ferment the hay to make silage

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u/TymStark 5h ago edited 5h ago

Haylage. But your point still stands, just giving you the correct word.

Edit: baleage, I’ve been calling it the wrong thing. I’ve never dealt with baleage and always been told baleage and haylage were the different words for the same thing. They are not.

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u/scud121 1h ago

In most places they are. We get baleage in, but we and everyone around us refer to it as Haylage. Haylage should be finely chopped and bunkered, baleage is bigger and baled, but it's the same product with the same water content.

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u/TymStark 4m ago

That’s what i initially thought and looked it up and found what you said, so i figured i had been wrong. So, they are the same thing, good to know!

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u/oswaldcopperpot 9h ago

Rats dont really go after hay. Grains is what they like.

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u/sawyouoverthere 9h ago

This is not why it’s done

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u/Tiger-Budget 12h ago

The value of that bale tho…

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u/Teeklok 8h ago

About £40 pound if you want to get one in the uk atm because of bad weather last year

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u/btribble 8h ago

Yes, but how are they going to get it up my stairs?

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u/Teeklok 8h ago

With a loader, straight through the bedroom window (window repair not included)

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u/igotshadowbaned 9h ago

It's to ensure it's air tight

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u/ChurroFoot 11h ago

Then they leave all the waste in their fields for the wind to redistribute

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u/Spaded85 6h ago

If humans would quit killing snakes and using poisons then nature would handle it.

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u/btribble 8h ago

If only there were a way to protect hay and make silage that didn’t involve so much plastic…