Internet Can't Cope With Labrador's Reaction to First Ever Strawberry
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A video of a dog attempting to eat a strawberry "nicely" has gone viral on TikTok.
The video was posted by @laurenpdavies and has garnered over 179,000 views since it was shared on March 20.
Text overlaid on the clip reads: "POV [point of view] you try strawberry for the first time."
"Nicely," a voice off-camera says as a hand brings the strawberry close to the dog's nose.
"Bite nicely," the voice continues, as the pup is shown gently licking and nibbling on the piece of fruit.
The voice repeats "nicely" before saying "good boy," as the pup then remains still before tucking into the strawberry again with gentle bites.
After a brief pause, the Labrador takes bigger bites, attempting to grab the strawberry out of the hand as the voice says, "Nicely, that's not nice."
"The way it started nicely and then he went in for a big bite," noted the caption shared with the post.
The dog's eagerness to devour the strawberry could be down to genetics, according to a Cambridge University study published in Cell Metabolism back in May 2016.
Eleanor Raffan, a co-author of the study, said: "There is some hard-wired biology behind that persistent food-seeking behavior," The Guardian reported at the time of the study's release.
Among the dog breeds for which data were reported, Labrador retrievers were "shown to be more food motivated than other breeds," the study noted.
According to the study, Labradors have "the greatest documented obesity prevalence" and some have a mutation in their DNA that could predispose them to weight gain.
The study found that a deletion in the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene was "associated with increased body weight, adiposity and food motivation in both Labrador retrievers as well as the closely related flat-coat retrievers."
'So Funny'
TikTok users loved the dog's adorable antics in the viral clip.
User bogiebeaumont said: "So funny, almost had your hand at the end."
User @torixoxo1982 noted: "That noise of him chomping away. Too cute!"
Helen said it was "the best chompy chomps," and SoloDolo wrote: "Dog asmr is the best."
User sophieleanne_ said: "Ahhh he's so gorgeous! Going in for the big bite when you hadn't said nicely for a few seconds, he definitely took advantage, so technically he's done as he's told and still a good boy x."
Klaudia Keziah noted: "He's like how much nicer can I do it," and Kat wrote: "He's like listen I tired."
Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment via TikTok. This video has not been independently verified.
Stock image: A view of a strawberry being held near a Labrador retriever's nose.
Stock image: A view of a strawberry being held near a Labrador retriever's nose.
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