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450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey

Fri Jul 8, 9:59 PM ET


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."


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well, i guess we now know the answer to the question, "if all the OTHER sheep jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?"

suicidal sheep, who'da thunk it?

Agent: Freeze, cows! [the cows look up, startled] The game is over! You will now return to your respective towns! [Jimbo stands next to the agent. The cows ignore them]
Jimbo: You hear that, cows? You're surrounded! There's no way out!
Agent: You will now all march in an orderly fashion into this trailer! [Ned opens the back door. There's just no way…] Move! [The cows just look at them, then one of them walks forward and turns left. She walks away]
Jimbo: Hey. Where's she going? That's the wrong way, you stupid cow! [she walks to the edge of a cliff and looks back at them]
Agent: [sensing what'll happen] Oh, dear Jesus, no!
Cow: [walks off and falls] Mooooo!
Jimbo: [in horror] Nnoo! [the other cows reach the cliff and walk off, one by one] They're killing themselves! Stop! Please! [the suicides continue] Can't we do anything?! Oh, God, the humanity, Ned! The humanity! [weeps into his hands]
Agent: This is the first mass cow suicide I've seen in- at least eight months.

Sheep acting like lemmings, that's very sad. :( Especially when those were worth a lot of money to these families.

Maybe they had a funny feeling they were going to be turned into veal cutlets or wool sweaters and decided to go "the easy way out".

:sheep :sheep :sheep :sheep :sheep :sheep :sheep

I probably shouldn't joke about this, these were these people's livelihoods.

Mmm... so sheep can't fly?

poor sheeps :(

That's sad. They're obviously not the brightest bulbs on the planet. Looks like a lambchop feast and sheepskin coats for everyone in that town!

I think it's a really sad story.

I'll finally be able to get a good night's sleep.
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That's a sad story.

Talk about following a herd. :(

Suicidal Sheep. tisk tisk

:rip:

Sheep (R. Waters)
by Pink Floyd

Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away;
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air.
You better watch out,
There may be dogs about
I've looked over Jordan, and I have seen
Things are not what they seem.

What do you get for pretending the danger's not real.
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel.
What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes.
Now things are really what they seem.
No, this is no bad dream.

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green He leadeth me the silent waters by.
With bright knives He releaseth my soul.
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places.
He converteth me to lamb cutlets,
For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger.
When cometh the day we lowly ones,
Through quiet reflection, and great dedication
Master the art of karate,
Lo, we shall rise up,
And then we'll make the bugger's eyes water.

Bleating and babbling I fell on his neck with a scream.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.

Have you heard the news?
The dogs are dead!
You better stay home
And do as you're told.
Get out of the road if you want to grow old.

That's funny and tragic at the same time.

Agent: Freeze, cows! [the cows look up, startled] The game is over! You will now return to your respective towns! [Jimbo stands next to the agent. The cows ignore them]
Jimbo: You hear that, cows? You're surrounded! There's no way out!
Agent: You will now all march in an orderly fashion into this trailer! [Ned opens the back door. There's just no way…] Move! [The cows just look at them, then one of them walks forward and turns left. She walks away]
Jimbo: Hey. Where's she going? That's the wrong way, you stupid cow! [she walks to the edge of a cliff and looks back at them]
Agent: [sensing what'll happen] Oh, dear Jesus, no!
Cow: [walks off and falls] Mooooo!
Jimbo: [in horror] Nnoo! [the other cows reach the cliff and walk off, one by one] They're killing themselves! Stop! Please! [the suicides continue] Can't we do anything?! Oh, God, the humanity, Ned! The humanity! [weeps into his hands]
Agent: This is the first mass cow suicide I've seen in- at least eight months.

lol, you know, I was thinking of quoting that South Park episode when I read the first post, but I see you beat me to it

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