Thousands of sheep in Australia die from ‘banging their heads till they crack open'

NipNip

I'm sorry.......... but I just had to share this tragic story. The headline got me.

North West Local Land Services regional veterinarian Bob McKinnon told the Sydney Morning Herald that once sheep started eating the plant they exhibit behaviour “similar to that of a drunk”.
“They lose weight to start with and then get staggery, the progression gets worse, they get unco-ordinated and depressed, they don't know where their feet are.”
He said that “staring eyes”, “head pressing” and “muscle tremors” were other symptoms, until eventually the animals “just go to a post and bang their head on it till they crack their heads open”.
The task of bringing in herds that would normally take six hours instead takes “days”, Mr McKinnon said. “It’s like dealing with a thousand heroin addicts.”

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/thousands-of-sheep-in-australia-die-from-banging-their-heads-till-they-crack-open-after-eating-poisonous-plant-30285088.html

whiskeyman

do we get to feast on the goo inside?

Mrs Garth Brooks

whiskeyman wrote: »

do we get to feast on the goo inside?

What ?

Lucifer MorningStar

endacl

Scuzz for sheep?

NipNip

I've often wondered what it would be like to try to herd a thousand heroin addicts.

Alf. A. Male

Only a matter of time before these sheep are hanging out on the boardwalk and in Luas stops trying to fleece passers-by.

Alf. A. Male

whiskeyman wrote: »

do we get to feast on the goo inside?

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

What ?

If you don't get Simpsons references you're neither use nor ornament round here, off to Shelbyville with you.

Mr.McLovin

“the animals just go to a post and bang their head on it till they crack their heads open”.

are they rams?




















*I'll fcuk off with my coat now

MRnotlob606

They're heading banging to bah bah black sheep techno edition

SoulTrader

Typical sheep behaviour for you there. Once one does it, they all do it.

endacl

NipNip wrote: »

I've often wondered what it would be like to try to herd a thousand heroin addicts.

Annoying, and ultimately futile.

And dey'd be mmmoooooaaaannnnin' de whole bleeeeeeeedddin' tiiiimmmme.

Ficheall

How do they know the sheep are "depressed" and "don't know where their feet are"?

paulbok

NipNip wrote: »

I've often wondered what it would be like to try to herd a thousand heroin addicts.

Get a job on the Luas red line then.:D

darkpagandeath

Sheep eat natural substance of there own accord, Sheep then injure themselves to point of death ? I fail to see how this is sad it's nature.

castletownman

Betcha Hud Hastings and Giant Reed are up to no good again

poundapunnet

'tragic'? They're sheep, not unicorns.

That said, this whole thing seems uncomfortably close to a zombie-sheep/sheep infected with a rage virus type scenario. So I am apprehensive.

Ficheall

poundapunnet wrote: »

That said, this whole thing seems uncomfortably close to a zombie-sheep/sheep infected with a rage virus type scenario. So I am apprehensive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4PkMPAlMFo

poundapunnet

Ficheall wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4PkMPAlMFo

Precisely! If this story was from New Zealand I'd be prepping the bunker this minute.

tommyboy2222

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AC41dglnM

Bogan

NipNip wrote: »

I've often wondered what it would be like to try to herd a thousand heroin addicts.

It's really easy so I don't know why he made that comparison. Just leave a wallet where you want them to go and they'll go there before you blink.

WilyCoyote

Thousands of sheep in Australia die from ‘banging their heads till they crack open'

The Alice Spring's Courier reported that the rumour about "thousands of Welshmen emigrating to Oz", was without foundation. Seemingly started by jealous sheep farmers in New Zealand, the story spread like wildfire through the dry scrublands of Queensland and into the Northern Territory.
How the story got through to the sheep remains a mystery but this ongoing mass suicide is the result.

Kylie is a Gemini and her butt is 45 years old

Bio Mech

Ficheall wrote: »

How do they know the sheep are "depressed" and "don't know where their feet are"?

Ask them are they happy. They don't answer. Ask them if they know where their feet are. They don't answer. Its the only logical conclusion.

Muahahaha

castletownman wrote: »

Betcha Hud Hastings and Giant Reed are up to no good again

They'll soon be spending their new found fortune on a fur coat and a crown.

Sir Gallagher

Ficheall wrote: »

How do they know the sheep are "depressed" and "don't know where their feet are"?

Its a fairly common thing for people who work with animals to recognise signs of depression.

pundy

are you sure they're not civil servants?

NipNip

I wonder are they running around mental looking for another hit of that 'luscious......... dreamy........ purple plant.................. MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'

Emily Sue

Funny what people will make stupid jokes about. I really see nothing amusing about this. Pathetic idiots.

Shakespeare's Sister

Emily Sue wrote: »

Funny what people will make stupid jokes about. I really see nothing amusing about this. Pathetic idiots.

Not sharing their humour makes them pathetic idiots?

Emily Sue

Magaggie wrote: »

Not sharing their humour makes them pathetic idiots?

No... Finding humour in some living thing's suffering is PATHETIC

Shakespeare's Sister

I don't find the idea of the sheep suffering to be in any way funny. I do however find some of the puns/references funny. You can separate the two.

downonthefarm

Its not a sheep its a shellwokka