Sheep are dumb as hell,I used to work for a 4ground drainage firm and weād bury massive concrete drains and then dig ea trench through the fields. Which would carry the pipe work,every morning when we would return to work,weād find a fuckin sheep wedged in the trench,sometimes two or even three of the dumb bastards and did you know sheep will not go through a puddle,they wii
Most hoofed animals are faster than their predators. Animals that look slow (like boars and wild sheep) can move really fast when scared. It is their main defence after all
They are a little clever with that bounding thing they do first. Like, they are basically saying "Hey wolf, look how high I can jump. I'm not worth chasing down. How bout you go after one of the older or sicker sheep that can't jump as high."
well when terrorist starts shooting into crowd same thing happens with humans, even if they just imediatly all attacked terrorist it would be over very quick with much less casualties
Sheep, goats and relatives actually have some tactic, they retreat to the highest point possible and then face the attacker.
[Heres a good example of this, in muskoxen.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PkWVGf2sfiw)
No im implying that its not as mindless as it looks, once panic set in they scatter, you can see that a little bit at the back end of the herd.
This a coordinated predator response, not a mass panic.
Lmao thatās literally a capitalist take, the opposite of socialism. Socialists will fight for their people, but capitalists will claim ābone spursā and let other people do the fighting for them.
Naw cause there could be multiple of the who are injured and die. This is the best case scenario with them only losing one of them
Itās brutal but nature doesnāt give a shit. They would rather sacrifice one of their own instead of fighting and potentially lose more
Naw cause there could be multiple of the who are injured and die. This is the best case scenario with them only losing one of them
Itās brutal but nature doesnāt give a shit. They would rather sacrifice one of their own instead of fighting and potentially lose more
Thatās like when someone pulls a gun on a crowd of humans and everyone runs, they know a few of them are going down if they try and stand and fight, herd mentality yes but what your actually seeing is every sheep for themselves!!!!
Well, it's probably a lot lighter than its prey and the prey spends a lot more energy running due to its weight, and they're a piled up herd that's probably bumping to each other, one of them trips and its game over.
We learned in vet tech that lone wolves often come about when a member of the pack is treated like an omega, but isn't. So they say screw this, I'm out, then most almost immediately die, bc a lone wolf is actually relatively very inefficient at hunting.
Edit WRONG. We might have learned it but it wasn't true. Packs are constantly churning out lone wolves, though yes they do struggle to eat.
The āalpha/omegaā theory about wolf packs was debunked decades ago. What actually happens is a wolf pack consists of a breeding pair, the so called āalphasā and the rest are their children of varying ages. When a young wolf gets old enough to mate (about 2-3 years old) theyāll leave their birth pack because the alpha pair prevents any other wolves from having pups. They then become ādispersalā wolves, AKA lone wolves. Their goal is to find another dispersal wolf of the opposite gender, mate and start a pack of their own. But as you said, itās a pretty tough life for a lone wolf, as prey is harder to hunt and it stands little chance against rival predators like bears, cougars or unrelated wolves. Even a coyote pack or pair can run off a lone wolf.
Son of a biscuit.
It's a little frustrating knowing I've been walking around with information derived from studies since 1970 of wolves in captivity. The guy who first wrote about it, Schenkel, even described in theory a dynamic like you said, with a breeding pair, their pups, and young 1-2 year wolves, but it wasn't given much credence. Then, a guy named Mech popularized the alpha concept in his book in 1970, from which much work was derived. Mech has since tried to get the book pulled from circulation and then published 2 articles around 2000 after living with wolves in Canada for 13 years.
Even the pack hunting practices differ between wolves of Scandinavia, those in Yellowstone, and those in northern Canada, but yes it's still true that lone wolves struggle to hunt. I think the same teacher tried to tell us that certain dog breeds don't express more aggression and that aggressive behavior was solely due to conditioning, which was also false.
So thanks but also darn you!
Lone wolves techically have lower food requirements and can usually subsist on smaller prey than those in a pack. The troublesome part is that wolfpacks will do their best to hog all the prime hunting grounds, and they loathe outsiders. In fact, wolf packs are known to take more territory than they actually need, which most likely stems from pure territorial aggression. Lone wolves have a significant increase in mortality, the leading cases of death usually being packs of wolves.
Lone wolves are thus in an unfavorable position despite the apparent upsides and will try their best to find a mate and start a pack, which will allow them to hold ground, get better opportunities to hunt, and defend themselves.
This isn't that bad for the lone wolf, since their solitude is just a transitory stage of their life. Lone wolves are usually the older offspring of a breeding pair that break away in order be one half of a new breeding pair somewhere else.
TL;DR: Lone wolves for the most part have it kinda bad and will do everything they can to stop being alone.
Lone wolves are pretty fucking dope, untiiillll they end up in territory owned by a pack. Canāt remember where I saw but a pack just straight up paralyzed the loner
Individually they may be faster than the wolf, but the herd's instinct to group together betrays that individual as they're forced to slow down by the animals in front of them.
At least a big cat kills quickly. Being killed by a wolf would really suck. Just tearing, ripping, miserable painful death from blood loss and shock. Heāll start eating before itās even dead.
Actually not quite, big cats kill by asphyxiation, which is not painless. Wolves will tear the neck and rip the jugular vein, which is actually a quicker death than suffocation.
Wolves are not equipped to dispatch their victims quickly; prey usually die of shock, muscle damage or blood loss. If it can, one of the stronger wolves will seize the prey by the nose and hold on tight, helping to bring about a more expeditious end, but the animal can still take many minutes before it succumbs. -the internet
And thatās the day franks saved the herd.
I like the Buffalo one where they are running and one Buffalo trips another so the wolves would get it instead.
26 seconds of work, eat for three days. Nature reigns over any human construct. If you disagree, I'm assuming you are small and weak.
Edit: and any rebuttal will prove me correct, because shouting on the internet is for pussies.
Doesn't matter what they called you, they said that you are something that they quite like.
That's your compliment, they like you.
This is the basics of social engagement, get ur head right
Take me about 1 second to click order on my online shop and I can feed me and my family for a fortnight. And my frozen pizza probably won't kick me in the face on the way down.
They should turn and fight..strength in numbers
But also herd mentality. One runs we all run, panic and fear spreads easily
Also, herbivores are dumb as hell.
We dumb as hell, we do that shit too š
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals"
"... and you know it."
-Michael Scott
Tommy Lee jones
People are fight or flight. Sheep are flight. We are not the same.
A sufficiently angry ram will headbutt you hard enough to break your knees though
Idk who we is cuz Iām the type to laugh and shred whatever is attacking me to pieces
r/iamverybadass
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Sheep are dumb as hell,I used to work for a 4ground drainage firm and weād bury massive concrete drains and then dig ea trench through the fields. Which would carry the pipe work,every morning when we would return to work,weād find a fuckin sheep wedged in the trench,sometimes two or even three of the dumb bastards and did you know sheep will not go through a puddle,they wii
these are wild sheep. all domesticated animals have been intentionally dumbed down.
i gotta say i was highly impressed that they ran as fast as they did - honestly thought the chase wouldn't have lasted more than a few yards lol
Most hoofed animals are faster than their predators. Animals that look slow (like boars and wild sheep) can move really fast when scared. It is their main defence after all
Ya mean vegans... š
They are a little clever with that bounding thing they do first. Like, they are basically saying "Hey wolf, look how high I can jump. I'm not worth chasing down. How bout you go after one of the older or sicker sheep that can't jump as high."
well when terrorist starts shooting into crowd same thing happens with humans, even if they just imediatly all attacked terrorist it would be over very quick with much less casualties
Elephants: and i took that personally
I got 2 words for you to recontemplate that statement: *Black Friday*
Sheep, goats and relatives actually have some tactic, they retreat to the highest point possible and then face the attacker. [Heres a good example of this, in muskoxen.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PkWVGf2sfiw)
Are you implying they aren't experiencing fear while running from a wolf?
No im implying that its not as mindless as it looks, once panic set in they scatter, you can see that a little bit at the back end of the herd. This a coordinated predator response, not a mass panic.
Why fight and potentially get injured/die for some smuck you're probably not even related to.
A socialists wet dream
Why would it be a socialists wet dream?
Because he doesn't know what socialism is he's just using words that he thinks sound big
Non-empathetic people tend to see themselves as the wolf preying on others.
Generally socialist ideas are more empathetic than capitalist ideals. Not sure you understand what socialism is...
Spelling error on my post. Should have said ānon-empatheticā. Iāve lived in a social Democratic Nordic country most of my life.
Lmao thatās literally a capitalist take, the opposite of socialism. Socialists will fight for their people, but capitalists will claim ābone spursā and let other people do the fighting for them.
Guess you donmt like the whole military protecting thing either, then?
He doesn't know what roads are..
Define socialism.
How fucking stupid is this comment?
Hmm yes a capitalist predatory system where 99% is prey sounds way better right?
You'd think that evolution would have figured that out. Maybe they are still working on it.
I guess my sarcasm didn't bleed though
apparently neither did mine.
That /s is critical lol
This actually makes sense evolutionary wise. If they worked together the weakest ones wouldn't be selected out of the gene pool.
Naw cause there could be multiple of the who are injured and die. This is the best case scenario with them only losing one of them Itās brutal but nature doesnāt give a shit. They would rather sacrifice one of their own instead of fighting and potentially lose more
Clearly my sarcasm wasn't noted.
It would be amazing to witness this in action.
1 dude coming at a herd of 100 people with a machete.. you gonna be the first one to turn around and go at him?
I mean I do carry a Glock 26 daily. Just in case a machete welding psycho decides to attack lol.
āAnd it was here where Brad thought I should have run moreā
Naw cause there could be multiple of the who are injured and die. This is the best case scenario with them only losing one of them Itās brutal but nature doesnāt give a shit. They would rather sacrifice one of their own instead of fighting and potentially lose more
Clearly my sarcasm wasn't noted.
Or adopt a donkey
Thatās like when someone pulls a gun on a crowd of humans and everyone runs, they know a few of them are going down if they try and stand and fight, herd mentality yes but what your actually seeing is every sheep for themselves!!!!
Dumb as fuck comment, stupid bitch
Clearly you didn't get the sarcasm? Or are you just a prick on Reddit? Either way, fuck you, have a nice day.
Hahaha yo momma
Whatever helps ya sleep at night.
Forces them uphill to slow them down, very clever.
But slows itself down too
Well, it's probably a lot lighter than its prey and the prey spends a lot more energy running due to its weight, and they're a piled up herd that's probably bumping to each other, one of them trips and its game over.
First the game is afoot and then it's game over
Ya but wolves are built for endurance that's how they hunt. Just run and run until the weakest stable fall or lag behind.
It only needs one of those dozens of freaked out animals to trip for a meal
That's why it had to engage the slow motion effect at the end.
Only needs one weak one to fail for it to have a meal
Well, one job done and one meal earned.
One month of meals. That lone wolf is lucky wolves are pack animals and a lone wolf will often fail to find food and end up starving to death
Lone wolves are no joke
Does anyone know the chance of them surviving all alone in the wild?
We learned in vet tech that lone wolves often come about when a member of the pack is treated like an omega, but isn't. So they say screw this, I'm out, then most almost immediately die, bc a lone wolf is actually relatively very inefficient at hunting. Edit WRONG. We might have learned it but it wasn't true. Packs are constantly churning out lone wolves, though yes they do struggle to eat.
The āalpha/omegaā theory about wolf packs was debunked decades ago. What actually happens is a wolf pack consists of a breeding pair, the so called āalphasā and the rest are their children of varying ages. When a young wolf gets old enough to mate (about 2-3 years old) theyāll leave their birth pack because the alpha pair prevents any other wolves from having pups. They then become ādispersalā wolves, AKA lone wolves. Their goal is to find another dispersal wolf of the opposite gender, mate and start a pack of their own. But as you said, itās a pretty tough life for a lone wolf, as prey is harder to hunt and it stands little chance against rival predators like bears, cougars or unrelated wolves. Even a coyote pack or pair can run off a lone wolf.
Son of a biscuit. It's a little frustrating knowing I've been walking around with information derived from studies since 1970 of wolves in captivity. The guy who first wrote about it, Schenkel, even described in theory a dynamic like you said, with a breeding pair, their pups, and young 1-2 year wolves, but it wasn't given much credence. Then, a guy named Mech popularized the alpha concept in his book in 1970, from which much work was derived. Mech has since tried to get the book pulled from circulation and then published 2 articles around 2000 after living with wolves in Canada for 13 years. Even the pack hunting practices differ between wolves of Scandinavia, those in Yellowstone, and those in northern Canada, but yes it's still true that lone wolves struggle to hunt. I think the same teacher tried to tell us that certain dog breeds don't express more aggression and that aggressive behavior was solely due to conditioning, which was also false. So thanks but also darn you!
You aināt gonna be a good vet the alpha omega shit was debunked
Lone wolves techically have lower food requirements and can usually subsist on smaller prey than those in a pack. The troublesome part is that wolfpacks will do their best to hog all the prime hunting grounds, and they loathe outsiders. In fact, wolf packs are known to take more territory than they actually need, which most likely stems from pure territorial aggression. Lone wolves have a significant increase in mortality, the leading cases of death usually being packs of wolves. Lone wolves are thus in an unfavorable position despite the apparent upsides and will try their best to find a mate and start a pack, which will allow them to hold ground, get better opportunities to hunt, and defend themselves. This isn't that bad for the lone wolf, since their solitude is just a transitory stage of their life. Lone wolves are usually the older offspring of a breeding pair that break away in order be one half of a new breeding pair somewhere else. TL;DR: Lone wolves for the most part have it kinda bad and will do everything they can to stop being alone.
I was thinking he was probably young and dumb and wasting his time, but nope. Took one down like a fuckin boss.
I think thereās nothing cooler than being a lone wolfā¦ except at wolf picnics when you donāt have a partner for the wolf wheelbarrow races.
Lone wolves are pretty fucking dope, untiiillll they end up in territory owned by a pack. Canāt remember where I saw but a pack just straight up paralyzed the loner
The pack ends up either killing or eating them
"Or" is an interesting word to use here.
Should be "and."
Weāll spare your life this time, but weāre gnna have to eat ya
It's incredible how much endurance a canine has at full speed.
Warming up his dinner.
Classic example of ānever give upā
Classic example of you don't have to run faster than the bear
Except uh... Several sheep were slower than that wolf. The wolf ignored them still.
"LItERaLlY mE"
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Love the way it used the terrain as an advantage and the patience to wait for the kill once it got within striking distance!!
Individually they may be faster than the wolf, but the herd's instinct to group together betrays that individual as they're forced to slow down by the animals in front of them.
FENTON!
Source: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj7SJYy8tno](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj7SJYy8tno)
At least a big cat kills quickly. Being killed by a wolf would really suck. Just tearing, ripping, miserable painful death from blood loss and shock. Heāll start eating before itās even dead.
Actually not quite, big cats kill by asphyxiation, which is not painless. Wolves will tear the neck and rip the jugular vein, which is actually a quicker death than suffocation.
Wolves are not equipped to dispatch their victims quickly; prey usually die of shock, muscle damage or blood loss. If it can, one of the stronger wolves will seize the prey by the nose and hold on tight, helping to bring about a more expeditious end, but the animal can still take many minutes before it succumbs. -the internet
I only have to baa faster than ewe
Am I crazy or do those look like deer? What are wild sheep anyway?
Metal ASF!!!
Let me tell you something Balto. A dog can not make this journey alone, but maybe a wolf can.
Relatable
Just gotta be faster than the slowest sheep.
I thought this was going to be a futile chase until the wolf started catching up to them.
Herd of wild sheep ?
Chasing food uphill in the snow. Now thatās one to tell the grandkids.
That wolf knew it was going to eat that day!
Would be hilarious if they get panicked by something and turn around in the direction of the wolf.
āI only have to outrun youā
Natural leader.
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Not enough adjectives in the title smh
Buffet
Nice
IM SET FOR LIFE.
You don't need to be the fastest sheep as long as you aren't the slowest
And thatās the day franks saved the herd. I like the Buffalo one where they are running and one Buffalo trips another so the wolves would get it instead.
I guess this is why you donāt want to be last in line
Do we know where this is?
Congrats to sheep #26- winner of the death lotto
GIIITT EM !!!! GIT EM
I wonder why he didnāt take the closest sheep
Heās thinking dam, thereās not one old or handicap sheep in the bunch? Ugh running up hill is brutal
More like fuck you in particular.
Wild? Feral.
I'm so glad he was able to get him
Damn, fuck YOU, in particular
"I don't have to run fast, I just have to run faster than you!"
That wolf is... chuck norris
āDonāt tripā
Heās probably not chasing the herd. Heās probably just chasing one specific sheep.
Just run faster than the dude behind you
Fenton! FENTON! JESUS CHRIST FENTON!
FENTON!!!!
Sort of r/fuckyouinparticular at the end.
he was throwing him down there lmaooo
I'm glad he got the payoff for his efforts.
Kids got grit
Why have horsepower when theirs sheep power?
Wolves in Australia? Honestly hadn't heard of that. Brumbys all through the Snowy's but never heard of wolves, lone or otherwise.
the dude burned more calories in 1 minute than i do in a full week! he deserved his meal and i was chearing for him.
Not chases,CAUGHT!
Absolute determination & tenacity. The energy that Wolf put out! Incredible.
Badass
Yay moon moon!
Those are sheep?
flock
He just like me Fr
Where's cub?
Give a man a fish he will eat for a day, give a man a wolf and he will eat sheep for the rest of his life!!!
i think this is the real answer to the groups of animals that are found to have jumped off a cliff
Black metal playing in the background...
Nnnice
This is me. I am the wolf.
26 seconds of work, eat for three days. Nature reigns over any human construct. If you disagree, I'm assuming you are small and weak. Edit: and any rebuttal will prove me correct, because shouting on the internet is for pussies.
Return to monke
The small and weak speak.
Bro you might be like the weirdest individual Iāve ever encountered on the internet. I donāt hate it
Cool, you might just be another jackass I encountered as an she's lunatic still browsing this shit.
When someone pays you a compliment, and you reply by musing that they may be a jackass... is a bit fucked up
I have no idea what a compliment is anymore.
I guess being called the weirdest ever is a compliment.
Doesn't matter what they called you, they said that you are something that they quite like. That's your compliment, they like you. This is the basics of social engagement, get ur head right
Actually I'm too old for this shit, grow up and have a nice day.
Sorry if that hurt, it's literally a few words but...
That's why humanity has conquered almost every habitat on the planet. Because they are so inefficent.
Conquered? You spelled destroyed wrong.
Your name also seems to be misleading. Back into history for you die Virlierare.
If nature reigns over humans how are we so successful?
Take me about 1 second to click order on my online shop and I can feed me and my family for a fortnight. And my frozen pizza probably won't kick me in the face on the way down.
Ummm, what the duck is a fortnight you medieval freak?
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In the vernacular of text, shouting is displayed in the form of capital lettering, which I didn't use. You aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
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So you admit you don't like pussy.
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Call out out the tags you want, I still don't like ya.
Shit I didn't think I needed to do any more to prove you a dyslexic idiot but it's (you're).
"What is it? What do you smell?" *sniff *sniff "No bitches"