They say you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth, but it’s apparently fine to slap this one in the teeth! Meet Onyx, a beautiful black horse whose love language is being smacked right in the choppers by his owner. Don’t believe this? Well, his mom has the video evidence to prove it! In possibly the strangest clip you’ll see today, Onyx’s owner demonstrated how her horse likes to be slapped in the teeth.
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“Hello Onyx,” the woman greeted her pet in the footage. “Are you ready for your daily teeth slaps?”
A second later, this horse had his mouth wide open while Mom repeatedly smacked his bared teeth with the palm of her hand. Honestly, it didn’t look like it would be a pleasant sensation at all, but Onyx seemed to be enjoying himself. To each their own, we suppose!
This hilarious video has received over a million views, and commenters thought the horse’s reaction to being hit in the teeth was too funny.
“Imagine asking someone to horse-sit for a week or something and having to explain that he needs THIS enrichment,” joked one user.
Another wrote, “He sounds like when you smack a hollow pumpkin.”
There might actually be a good reason this horse wants teeth slaps.
A few people in the comments section offered their theories on why Onyx might enjoy this particular pastime. Someone even said that they knew another horse who liked being slapped in the teeth!
“Horses hold tension in their mouth, especially in their gums,” one person said. “This is like a massage for them.”
“MY TRAINER HAS A HORSE THAT LOVES THIS I THOUGHT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE!” added another.
Maybe teeth slaps really do feel like a massage to this horse, or maybe Onyx is just a weirdo. Either way, he’s an absolutely precious animal who deserves whatever form of affection he wants!
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