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Animals do a lot of adorable things. Even if they are acting out of their true nature—yawning, blepping, booping, what have you—most folks melt at the sight and can’t fight the urge to snap a pic and share it online.
This, of course, includes splooting, an act of lying down on the floor, arms and legs (front and hind legs?) spread wide as if in a comical Wile E. Coyote falling flat pose. In fact, it’s so popular that there is an entire dedicated community behind it on Reddit called r/sploot.
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#1
Are Bird Sploots Allowed Here?
NapQueen 2 years ago
I can't stop looking! I wish I looked like a masterpiece when I 'sploot.'
JelliTate 2 years ago
@ napqueen Same! I look like a splooted canned ham :-/
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#2
The Tinniest Of Paw Bean Sploots
seana lammers 2 years ago
Same question from me… pupper, kitten, polar bear cub? Inquiring minds need to know.
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#3
Like Father Like Son
So, for context, and as mentioned above, splooting is when an animal—doesn’t matter which one, really—lies down on the floor with mainly their hind legs spread outward with an optional front leg spread.
Some might refer to that as frogging, but there’s an entire Wikipedia page about it, so we’ll stick to the formal terminology. Anywho, the community was created in early 2015 and has since then drawn together a whopping 213,000 members, making it the Top 1% of Reddit.
#4
Apparently Hoots Also Sploot
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
"Sharon, I don't give a hoot if there's a mouse in the kitchen. I still have 14 minutes of splooting, I can't delay it..."
Mandi Long 3 months ago
The Scottish (similar version: with "there's a moose loose in the hoose"
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Linda Riebel 2 years ago
I believe that happens when they're very young and not strong enough to stand up.
#5
Sunset Sploot With Bonus Crossed Paws And Fancy Tail
#6
Piglet Sploot!
Marissa Taylor 2 years ago
!QHHH NUUUU ITS TO FREAKING CUTE AHHHHHJ I NEED TO BOOP THE ONKIER !!
Besides being soops adorbs, splooting actually serves a very important function. Gilbertsville Veterinary Hospital points out that splooting is a type of stretch that dogs and some cats (and according to the subreddit, most animals) do that benefits their hips.
Splooting is also a technique by which animals cool off on a hot day. They press their belly up against the floor absorbing its relatively low temperature. Animals do this at a younger age more often when they are more flexible, and the behavior slowly fades out of their system with time.
#7
Couch Corner Sploot
JM 2 years ago
but so thoroughly and authoritatively splooting (witness back legs)
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Faith Nicole 2 years ago
So tiny & precious. Love the corner of the couch sploot that is adorable
#8
The Rare Armadillo Sploot!!
#9
Big Boye Sploot
L. Murphy 2 years ago
Why are bears so murder-ey, yet this adorable? It's tragic that I cannot rub that belly or scratch them behind the ears.
Little king trash mouth 2 years ago
Yes! I often lament the same, L. Murphy
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OffKeySinger 2 years ago (edited)
In person, would be the biggest and last beans I've ever seen before I become unalived.
Splooting is such a serious deal that it even has different types of sploots.
So, check this out: there’s the classic sploot, whereby one leg remains under the body while the other leg kicks back; the side sploot, whereby one leg is tucked under the body while the other is kicked outward to the side; and the commonly seen full sploot, which means the animal has kicked out both of its hind extremities as if doing a full body stretch.
Corgis are said to be the ones who popularized this (among other things, wink wink), all breeds of dogs (and many species of animals) have since then joined in making splooting a thing.
#10
Can Dogs Model For Vogue?
staceybeaverhausen 2 years ago
hello, they are clearly doing their own impression of Nikki Minaj in Anaconda (please note, i am not saying nikki is a dog)
Catlady6000 2 years ago
IDK, with this doggo, I'd be flattered. No pun intended
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Perfectly doing the frog Yoga pose. Not easy to splay your hips like that.
#11
Backwards Sploot
Robert Skinner 2 years ago
And the crowd booze because the judges didn't give full marks
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Mabelbabel 2 years ago
That's a Shih Tzu puppy called Paningning-he became famous for sleeping on his back all over the place.
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
That's a Shih Tzu puppy called Paningning. They went viral when his owner posted pictures of the litter lying around sleeping on their backs all over the place like they'd just collapsed on the spot.
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Hes Throwing A Fake Fit!
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
His tummy says he loves you, his face says something very different....
InfamousBerry34 2 years ago
Pet the tummy, go on, it has a heart on it- no- ignore his face of course he won't bite
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A bit of a side note: as the planet is turning into a ball of fire, the temperature of which is gradually increasing until it seemingly hits infinity, animals have started displaying various signs of trying to cool off.
Besides splooting, the coolest change in animals has been shapeshifting. Since 1871, one Australian parrot species showed an increase in beak size of up to 10%, hinting at attempts to better regulate body temperature. Shrews and bats were seen doing the same, but to a smaller scale. It is important to note that these changes might not necessarily hint at climate change, and causes alarm among animal researchers.
#13
Floating Sploot
#14
Do Bun Sploots Count?
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Aw my little bun would do this. She'd get an attitude if interrupted. RIP 🐰
#15
He Fell Asleep Like This. I Posted It Elsewhere Before Learning About Sploot
Black Cat 2 years ago
Looks like he's drunk and couldn't quite make it into bed before passing out.
Faith Nicole 2 years ago
That is one tired kitty sploot 😍💤💤 Turn off the lights and let this sleepy boy sleep
Other forms of cooling off include spitting and snotting as well as pooping. The former is seen in red kangaroos and echidnas, the first of which lick their fur and it cools off as it evaporates and the second blow snot bubbles.
As for pooping, a number of birds actually soil their own legs and it functions as sweating does in humans. While various birds do it, it’s more common in birds that have longer legs, like storks and condors. This also, in turn, means that they need to drink a lot, hence why they hang out around watery environments.
#16
Splooting On Top Of His Favourite Teddy
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
I love those oversized fuzzy floppy slippers he's wearing. I want a pair just like that for Christmas!
#17
How My Cat Sleeps
Rebecca Smith 2 years ago (edited)
Help a cat out and replug him please. He needs a full charge in order to sneak the turkey out of the fridge.
#18
Chorizo Sploots Because He Can't Feel/Move His Back Legs And This Is Comfy For Him, But Also Because He's Just Fancy Like That
But, back to splooting. There are other reasons why dogs, among other animals, sploot besides wanting to be cooler and stretchier. There’s also the one many assume based on the position—resting and relaxation. This often happens after an intensive walk or exercise.
Splooting can also be a sign of trust. Since the sploot position is difficult to recoil from in an unforeseen event of danger approaching, animals do it only when they feel safe. In pets, that would mean they feel comfy around you. Kinda like letting you scratch their belly.
#19
Norwegian Elkhound Splootin’
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 years ago (edited)
And moose! Their name is actually a mistranslation of their original name in Norwegian: "Norsk elghund", meaning "Norwegian moose dog". In Norwegian, "elg" means "moose" and "hund" means "dog," as it does in many other Germanic languages. The Elkhound is technically a Spitz breed and not a Hound breed XD so, double mistranslation, haha!
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Stella Goldfish 2 years ago
Look at that beautiful face, that expression ❤️❤️❤️❤️ what a magnificent dog!
#20
Dude Just Sleeps Like This
#21
Not Even Sure What Sort Of Sploot This Is
Angela B 2 years ago
Melting sploot? Sploot liquide? Downward sploot? C'mon Pandas, help me out here.....
At least with dogs, splooting can also be a sort of tactic to get attention from you. Because furry friends tend to seek approval from their human companions, they are often conditioned into thinking that the splooting position increases their chances for pets. Which, face it, it does because who wouldn’t want to go cuddle with a splooter?!
However, it should be important to keep in mind that splooting can also be a sign of discomfort or pain. Trauma, hip dysplasia and osteoarthritis often lead to splooting as it’s a form of pain relief for them. So, be wary.
#22
Just Found A Pic Of Our Anywhere/Everywhere Splooter, Seamus, From This Winter!
Faith Nicole 2 years ago
Oh my goodness ☺️ love the tail. Love the location. Getting paid to aploot at work 😄😍
#23
My Boy Oliver
#24
Sploooooooooooot
Fun fact, you’d think that the word sploot is a recent one because of its silly-sounding jumble of letters, like blep, but you’d be surprised.
You can find the word in publications from as early as 1867 with the term really picking up usage in the 1990s through the 2000s.
There is no definitive explanation as to why sploot, but there are speculations that it might have been derived from splat, hence the Wile E. Coyote bit in the beginning.
#25
How About A Hamster Sploot
Faith Nicole 2 years ago
Oh my gosh, how adorable is this little bitty sploot , in the food ☺️🥰🥰 it's a micro sploot !
#26
Dad Teaching Son How To Sploot
Robert Skinner 2 years ago
No son you have to extend your arms how many times do I have to tell you it isn't a splute unless the arms are extended they only give you a photo credit if you do it right
#27
Sploot
And if you’ve come this far thinking splooting will get weirder as the submissions progress, you’re out of luck there. Splooting is perfectly normal and natural among animals.
If you do, however, need something weird from animals, there’s plenty of that in this Bored Panda listicle of weird pictures of animals being… well, weird or unorthodox or contrary to their nature. And everything in-between and all around it.
#28
Business In The Front, Party In The Back
#29
What? You Like My Sploot?
#30
Sleepy Sploot
Iron Penguin 2 years ago
That is some pretty extreme splooting. Looks like they're somehow splooting right into the floor.
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago (edited)
"I walked...all the way...in here...*gasp*..and my food still hasn't been presented to me! I'm wasting away from hunger!"
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
"You're never completely wasted as long as you can hold onto the Earth and not fall off."
Maggie Mae 2 years ago
That Damned Mouse wouldn't Stop Running around But I Finally Got him!Burp!
If all of this splooting is making you sploot yourself, keep your phone in hand as you can keep on scrolling on the subreddit.
But you feel like you need a change of scenery, why not leave a comment in the comment section sharing some splooting love. And be sure to hit that upvote button.
#31
Smol Splooters
Zobi123 2 years ago
Looks like they were leaking out a bag while someone was walking across the floor.
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Bill Swallow 2 years ago
Yes, the dough needs to proof until it has doubled in size, but the living rook floor is NOT the proper place for your loaves! Even if it IS a heated floor!
#32
A Very Lady-Like Sploot From Our Resident Queen
#33
I Was Told I Should Post This Here. Enjoy The Sploot!
#34
So A Few Days Ago I Caught My Cat Cooling Down His Balls Against The Laminate Floor
Cat Dragon 1 year ago
Upvote for title that made me spit my tea out. For context I drunk tea yesterday
#35
Kitchen Sploots Are His Favourite
#36
Kailo Only Sleeps In Sploot Formation
Daya Meyer 2 years ago
Enjoy it. They will grow so fast and then they will more and more change to a more adult sleeping position.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 years ago
Yessss! I have a Belgian Malinois puppy and he is currently 19 weeks old. He splooted for like 2 weeks (from age 9 wks to age 11 wks) and now that time has passed already :(
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#37
Our Little Guy Ari Doing His First Sploot In His New Home
Faith Nicole 2 years ago
Those ears 😍 and the little back leggies. I Swear corgis arw the cutest puppies 🥰
#38
Our Office Kitten Doing A Big Sploot
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 years ago
I agree! My older cat started as our "office cat" (though, to be fair, said office was my family business's office, lol). One day this little black kitten just walked in through our open back door, and adopted us XD She had two collars on (neither with an ID or tag) and wasn't chipped. I put posters up, notified the local vets and the local shelter and put up "found this kitten" notifications, and posted about her online. No one claimed her, so I adopted her :) 7 years later, she's my little lady and my bestie. She still goes to the office with me when I go to work! (And absolutely has her own full-size cat tree, litterbox, and supply of toys there, lol)
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#39
I Think I Figured Out Why Luke’s Favorite Toy Is The Bunny
#40
I Think My Friends Dog Has To Most Perfect Sploot Lol
Author SJ Baily 2 years ago
Dog looks embarrassed. His/her friend looks concerned. Maybe a trip and fall sploot.
#41
This Lil Baby Loves To Sploot!
#42
Look Back At It
#43
3 Way Sploots
Faith Nicole 2 years ago
Love it☺️ they are there incase someone decides to cook, they do not want to miss out on the food
#44
Does This Count As A Sploot?
#45
I Really Love Corgos
#46
Golden Retriever Sploot
Blyss Blyssylb 2 years ago
😂 my dog does what I can only refer to as "Pouty Sploot" which is how this golden is posed
#47
Derp
#48
She Sploots
#49
Got Him Yesterday And He Won’t Stop Splooting
#50
Dechonking Sploot
MAKtheknife 2 years ago
A great ad for Chunky Pup Dog Food! (I'm not really fat shaming, just pointing out its good points)
#51
Elevated Racoon Sploot
#52
Itty Bitty Sploot
Faith Nicole 2 years ago
Awww, those eyes are going to be what makes the owner cave, and give this little one amything he desires 🥰 beautiful puppy
#53
Baby Berner Sploot Under The Coffee Table
Kelley Baltierra 2 years ago
Probably not gonna be able to get in there before too long, might as well enjoy it
#54
No One Sploots Like Gaston
#55
Somehow Thorin Could Always Look Both Comfortable And Uncomfortable At The Same Time
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 years ago
Yes XD I strongly approve as I named both of my dogs after characters from my favorite book XD (And my younger cat is named after my favorite graphic novel series.)
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Dog Sitting For A Friend And This Big Bear Loves A Sploot
#57
So Much Sass
#58
After A Long Day At The Park
#59
New Bone Sploot
#60
Confusing Sploot, But Cute Nonetheless!
#61
My New Puppy Has Already Mastered The Sploot!
#62
He Sploots When He Sleep, Sploots When He Rest, Sploot Boi
Arenwy 2 years ago
For goodness sake. It’s not about people’s carpets and making judgements about how often they ought or ‘need’ to vacuum.
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The Doom Song 2 years ago
Aw come on BP. The only thread I wanted to see and I can't even f*****g open it
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Daya Meyer 2 years ago
Here in Germany this is called the Superman pose when a dog is is doing it. It is good for relaxing but they can get up quickly when something important happens like a treat coming around the corner. Beside that it is a cooling position on a hot summer day.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
Aw come on BP. The only thread I wanted to see and I can't even f*****g open it
Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
Use the browser, I don't think they're fixing the app anytime soon
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Here in Germany this is called the Superman pose when a dog is is doing it. It is good for relaxing but they can get up quickly when something important happens like a treat coming around the corner. Beside that it is a cooling position on a hot summer day.
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