To be a sheep means to Blindly Follow the crowd. Is a sheep’s sheepiness enough to make a whole flock circle in circles for days?
It’s been a mystery that the internet has tried to solve for almost a week, and it’s proved more difficult than anyone would have expected.
The Chinese state ran a news station called People’s Daily, ShareA Twitter video of many Mongolian sheep walking in tight circles, almost perfectly concentric, shows a strange and disturbing sight.
The footage was taken by the flock, who had been following the pattern for more than ten days. It was frightening the farm owners.
The great mystery about sheep! In N China’s Inner Mongolia, hundreds of sheep walk in circles for more than 10 days. The strange behavior of the sheep is not explained by their health. pic.twitter.com/8Jg7yOPmGK
— People’s Daily, China (@PDChina) November 16, 2022
Some people use the internet SuggestionsThe death spiral of the sheep was like that of ants. sometimes do.
Others suggested that the ruminants were suffering from ‘circling disease‘. This is caused by soil bacteria. However, most often, an outbreak is a circling disease. Only a small percent of sheep actually have woolThey are affected and follow their own circling patterns, eventually dying after a few days.
Mongolian media reported that hundreds of sheep were observed walking in a circular fashion for 12 consecutive days. No details were given about their diet, water intake, or how they were able to relieve themselves. We don’t know if they have stopped.
Emma Doyle, an Australian livestock expert, said, “As soon I looked at it I thought, ‘I’ve never seen sheep act as that,’” Emma Doyle, University of New England, Armidale. TelledNick Kilvert (Australia Broadcasting Corporation)
“It looks a bit strange. It appears to be set up in a way that they’ve placed something in the middle of it to stop them getting in.”
Sometimes, however, Images of the sheepImages shared by other outlets show people standing in middle of circle, almost as if frozen in motion.
Matt Bell, an English agricultural scientist at Hartpury University, doesn’t think that the mystery is a hoax. He TelledRobyn White, Newsweek: Sheep might get frustrated when kept in a pen too long and start to pace in a circle.
This is a common symptom in wild animals kept in captivity, particularly in the case of wild animals. big cats. It is also known as zoochosisIt can cause repetitive behavior that doesn’t seem to serve any purpose. It is possible for a herding animal to become a contagion if it starts acting in this manner.
Bell: “Then other sheep join as they’re flock animals and bond with their friends.” This is how it works.
According to UK MetroAs the days passed, the Mongolian owner of the sheep began to notice more people joining the ring. Bell supports Bell’s explanation. According to news reports, no other sheep pen on the same property behaved in this manner. This was the only group.
The endless ringing of sheep running is reminiscent of an other strange event. Captured last yearEast Sussex. Images taken at this time show a flock standing still and calm in a perfectly-formed circle.
However, in this particular instance, the sheep owner had sprinkled the food in rings on the livestock, which caused the flock to form a sphere.
There is no explanation for the Mongolian circling flock. The mystery of the great sheep will not be solved without more information.
