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Why does shearing a sheep not hurt the sheep, but shearing a chicken, duck, or goose, or plucking the chicken's/duck's/goose's feathers, hurt the chicken/duck/goose? Is there any possible way to shear or pluck the feathers of a chicken/duck/goose without hurting the chicken/duck/goose?

by /u/qaxwesm in /r/askscience

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