Mystery as flock of sheep in China walk around in continuous circle for 12 days

[pellinore]

5 hours ago, ouija ouija said:

They are eating pellets sprayed out by an automatic feeder.

Or....aliens mistook them for crops.

[Ove]

17 hours ago, ouija ouija said:

They are eating pellets sprayed out by an automatic feeder.

 

[Swede]

On 11/18/2022 at 6:16 AM, Still Waters said:

A flock of sheep in northern China appear to have gone absolutely bonkers.

Footage captured this month shows a massive group of the farm animals following each other around in a circle.

The weirdest part? They apparently proceeded to walk continuously in the circle for 12 days straight.

https://www.ladbible.com/news/sheep-walk-in-circle-for-12-days-20221117

 

While further testing would be needed, one should not discount the possibility of bacterial Listeriosis infections in this and some other reported events:

https://cattletoday.info/listerosis.htm

http://www.infovets.com/books/smrm/F/F475.htm

Edit: Typo.

Edited November 21, 2022 by Swede

[godnodog]

On 11/19/2022 at 4:43 AM, pallidin said:

Notice that all the varying animal groups shown here go "clockwise"?

Not saying that means anything, just something I noticed.

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Edited November 21, 2022 by godnodog

[pallidin]

2 hours ago, godnodog said:

Can't delete post

You can have a moderator do that for you if you "Report" your own post and explain why.

[jethrofloyd]

On 11/18/2022 at 4:17 PM, ouija ouija said:

They're trapped in a very small enclosure. Normally sheep would be wandering over hills . . . large areas. I think they were put in the small enclosure recently, having previously been used to walking all day . . . walking constantly is just a habit for them and there is nowhere for them to go but round and round.

You were almost right @ouija ouija.

Scientist Claims Mystery Behind Sheep Walking In Circle In China Solved

Sheep exhibit flock mentality, which mean they move along with the herd, protecting an individual animal from predators.

A scientist claimed to have solved the mystery behind an eerie footage of a huge flock of sheep walking in a circle for 12 straight days in China. The video, posted on Twitter earlier this month, had baffled people across the globe. The footage was posted by Chinese state-run outlet People's Daily and shows dozens of sheep walking clockwise in a nearly perfect circle on a farm in Inner Mongolia. Most of the animals are seen engaging in the same behaviour.

https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/scientist-claims-mystery-behind-sheep-walking-in-circle-in-china-solved-3543359

[+ouija ouija]

36 minutes ago, jethrofloyd said:

You were almost right @ouija ouija.

Scientist Claims Mystery Behind Sheep Walking In Circle In China Solved

Sheep exhibit flock mentality, which mean they move along with the herd, protecting an individual animal from predators.

A scientist claimed to have solved the mystery behind an eerie footage of a huge flock of sheep walking in a circle for 12 straight days in China. The video, posted on Twitter earlier this month, had baffled people across the globe. The footage was posted by Chinese state-run outlet People's Daily and shows dozens of sheep walking clockwise in a nearly perfect circle on a farm in Inner Mongolia. Most of the animals are seen engaging in the same behaviour.

https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/scientist-claims-mystery-behind-sheep-walking-in-circle-in-china-solved-3543359

All the more intriguing that sheep in other pens on the same farm didn't exhibit the same behaviour.

[Golden Duck]

On 11/19/2022 at 2:45 PM, pellinore said:

Only clockwise in the Southern hemisphere. In the Northern it is anticlockwise.

Have you seen the Melbourne Cup?