This attempt at turtle ASMR features turtles eating watermelon, apples, bugs and carrots Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

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ASMR, otherwise known as autonomous sensory meridian response, has long been dominated by the kinds of hushed whispers that make some of us mortals feel like a knife will meet our throat any second.

If you have heard literal whispers around the internet, it’s probably ASMR. ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response. Those who experience AMSR often describe the sensation as tingles that ...