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Why did a flock of sheep move in a circle continuously for two weeks?
By WALLA! Published: NOVEMBER 20, 2022 01:27
Sheep (photo credit: WILLIAM SUHR/CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)/VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
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(photo credit: WILLIAM SUHR/CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)/VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
A mysterious video captured a herd of sheep continuously moving in a circle for 14 days in northern China.
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A flock of sheep was recorded walking in a circle for 14 days without stopping. In a video from earlier this month documenting the rare event, the sheep can be seen spinning in a continuous clockwise motion inside their pen in northern China.
The confusing spectacle left viewers stunned and bewildered as they tried to make sense of the sheep's behavior. The owner of the flock, Ms. Maiu, was shocked by the behavior pattern of the flock and said it started with just a few ewes before other members of the flock joined.
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In closed-circuit camera footage, you can see hundreds of sheep following one another in a circle. Other sheep stand in the middle of the circle, and some eventually decide to join the movement while others stay right in the center of the circle completely still.
Where and why did this occur?
The mysterious videos were taken in the city of Baotu in Inner Mongolia on November 4 at a farm where there are 34 sheep pens, but only the sheep in pen number 13 were exhibiting the strange movements.
So far it is not known what caused the sheep to behave this way. The Daily Mail reported that there is a disease that causes some species of animals to appear confused and begin moving in circles. Listeriosis (a disease that is usually transmitted through food infected with the bacterium listeria) can affect part of the brain, causing the sheep to be
一只羊...两只羊...三只羊...你睡不着的时候会数羊吗？如果你也有这个习惯，欢迎观看以下视频。⬇
没错，你看到的就是一群羊在转圈...
该视频来自于中国的内蒙古，监控录像捕捉到，一大群羊在农场上整齐的排着队，不断顺时针绕圈行走。
刚开始是几十只，可以看到此时还有一些羊在圈外观看，另一些羊则一动不动地站在中间。
随后几天，其他羊也被感染，加入了这场蜜汁绕圈活动...
转圈的羊越来越多，圈越转越大，就这样已经不停旋转了12天，至今也没有要停下的意思...
《人民日报》周三在推特上发布了这段匪夷所思的视频，报道称这些羊非常健康，其行为的原因仍然是个谜。
一时间，外网炸了，网友们集体开始分析，这羊究竟是中了什么邪，为啥那么钟情于转圈呢？
有从科学角度发出的思考...
“答案是它们在一个封闭的围栏里，羊在被封闭的时候总是做这种右手绕圈的动作。被困在这样的地方12天真的很残忍，也不是善牧的表现。如果他们正在等待屠宰，那么所得的肉会非常粗糙。”
有从哲学角度发出的思考...
“他们就像人类一样——不会自己思考，随大流！！”
“我就这样度过了一生...”
有从神学角度发出的思考...
“数字12在圣经中意义重大。让我们注视着上帝，他一定在这里暗示什么！”
有从社会学角度发出的思考...
“在毫无意义的圈子里互相追随，完全总结了我们的政府...”
“像许多国家的人民一样，羊只是在原地转圈，说我们很幸福。”
“这就是羊所做的，跟随领导者。就像是政治家和选民...”
“他们只转了12天。人类戴着口罩已经快3年了，这难道不比他们奇怪吗...”
看完这些评论的我⬇
看完这些评论的羊⬇
其实羊群的迷幻行为并不少见，2021年，人们发现数百只绵羊在东萨塞克斯郡站成同心圆后引起了轰动...
当时，有位孩子的父亲在 Facebook 上分享了这一系列不寻常的照片，之后网友们都觉得它看起来像是2021年的“外星飞船”。
一直以来都有科学家研究为什么一些动物会以圆形的模式移动，但至今他们尚未得出结论...
也许只有亚里士多德知道了...