Brenna Cooper
People have been left seriously freaked out after seeing what various animals look like without hair.
When you think about it, the human brain very often finds comfort in the known - which makes seeing anything unusual or out of the ordinary feel a little icky.
And this was exactly what happened on Reddit a couple of days ago when someone decided to upload a series of images and videos showing various animals without their fur.
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Now, you may be thinking... 'surely a bunch of shaved animals can't look that weird?' But that's where you're wrong. Very wrong.
Featuring the likes of bears, chimpanzees, parrots, owls, racoons and hedgehogs, the video is really something to behold. Take a look at the clip below:
Now, it might be the creators decision to use some creepy-ass music to soundtrack the clip, but we can't help but feel like we're looking at something we're not supposed to see.
It's almost like walking in on a bunch of animals in their underwear.
The naked birds were clearly the most shocking of the lot, with several people agreeing that plucking them of their feathers made the creatures look a lot more aggressive.
"The owl was the strangest. Like some kinda alien. Freaky," one person replied to the clip, while a second added: "I knew the birds would be the goddamn freakiest."
"Why does hairless parrot look like he’s ready to fight me," a third person added.
The comments didn't end there either, with another user remarking: "I don’t know what I was expecting for the Owl… but not that."
It's also worth noting that parrots can often pluck their feathers following periods of stress or boredom, which means that if you've got one of those little guys at home you need to be making sure they're stimulated.
The shaven hedgehog was another standout amongst commenters, with several people comparing the poor creature to an unfortunate piece of male anatomy.
"Hedgehog is scrotum," one person wrote, to which another agreed: "Poor little hedgescrotum."
Meanwhile others were quick to question the whole point of shaving the animals in the first place, with one person writing: "Who is running around shaving all these animals???"
"Does anybody know why these animals are being shaved? Because of some surgery," a second person wondered.
"Imagine how freaked out they are when they see us," a third joked.
Let's just hope our cute and fuzzy animals don't evolve to become hairless, otherwise we'll there'll be a rise in demand for fur coats.