The plight of sheep...

[bopst]

ISTANBUL, Turkey - First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported.

In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher and the fall more cushioned, Aksam reported.

"There's nothing we can do. They're all wasted," Nevzat Bayhan, a member of one of 26 families whose sheep were grazing together in the herd, was quoted as saying by Aksam.

The estimated loss to families in the town of Gevas, located in Van province in eastern Turkey, tops $100,000, a significant amount of money in a country where average GDP per head is around $2,700.

"Every family had an average of 20 sheep," Aksam quoted another villager, Abdullah Hazar as saying. "But now only a few families have sheep left. It's going to be hard for us."

[kll]

definitely a sign that the end of the world is near...

[beastieangel01]

weird... any direct link to the story? I'm going to search for it regardless. That would freak me out. I wonder what got in to them.

[bopst]

It always scares me when animals kill themselves. Do they know something we don't?

[monkey]

weird... any direct link to the story? I'm going to search for it regardless. That would freak me out. I wonder what got in to them.


shrooms. they thought they could fly.

[bopst]

maybe....

[Mcmac]

isnt it a fact that dogs can sence shit is coming like the weather and climate changes and shit and the end of the world :confused: ;) :cool: :eek:

[bopst]

one would hope not...

[Mcmac]

its true

and also uno how like on all the disastar and alian invasion movies the dog is barking and there like "why is it barking!!!" and stuff

[beastieangel01]

guess we'll find out!

[cookiepuss]

listen, I love sheep. I've rasied baby lambs and sheep. but you have to understand sheep are STUPID. they will follow eachother ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE.

there's an old saying that says if you threw a sheep off a cliff the whole heard would jump too....considering the saying I'm inclined to say the story isn't real.

but seriously, sheep are stupid enough to follow eachother over a cliff...or in to a meat grinder for that matter. BAABABABABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[Tone Capone]

.. but you have to understand sheep are STUPID. they will follow eachother ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE.

[CiaoBella]

It always scares me when animals kill themselves. Do they know something we don't?


like the frog scene in Magnolia...

[beastieangel01]

listen, I love sheep. I've rasied baby lambs and sheep. but you have to understand sheep are STUPID. they will follow eachother ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE.

there's an old saying that says if you threw a sheep off a cliff the whole heard would jump too....considering the saying I'm inclined to say the story isn't real.

but seriously, sheep are stupid enough to follow eachother over a cliff...or in to a meat grinder for that matter. BAABABABABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

so why did the first one jump?

[wanton wench]

if your friends jumped off a bridge would you?
tee hee

[Tone Capone]

so why did the first one jump?

It probably fell off accidentally... and the other sheep were like "looks like we're going this way now."

[cookiepuss]

It probably fell off accidentally... and the other sheep were like "looks like we're going this way now."

bingo! exactly.

[Tone Capone]

weird... any direct link to the story? I'm going to search for it regardless. That would freak me out. I wonder what got in to them.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/08/international/i063057D95.DTL

[cosmo105]

that's too baaaad. :(



sorry, had to be done

[ms.peachy]

that's too baaaad. :(



sorry, had to be done
BWAAA HAAA HAAAA HAAA HAA

oh that was so bad it was great

damn, wine almost came out of my nose.

It's bloody expensive wine too.

[cosmo105]

score!

[Echewta]

I bet you a lot of people lost sleep that night.

[Tone Capone]

that was unwool of them!

Oh no....

[Tone Capone]

I bet you a lot of people lost sleep that night.

They should have been up making kebabs all night... DELICIOUS! (y)

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

so why did the first one jump?

maybe they jump for the same reason a human would jump...

[CrankItUp!]

Reminds me of the song , Sheep Go To Heaven - Cake (y)