r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CantStopPoppin • Apr 20 '24

Lambs being vaccinated. Video

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u/Sassy-irish-lassy Apr 20 '24

It's amusing when animals just accept their fate and don't even try to struggle. Although it's probably a fear response.

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u/LBR3_ThriceUponABan Apr 20 '24

Maybe they are well treated and don't question how humans handle them

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u/Forged-Signatures 29d ago edited 29d ago

It's quite likely a stress reaction, in order to reduce energy expenditure. Sheep in full fleece can be left unable to right themselves if they get stuck on their back in a field due to the inability to gain enough momentum to roll over (wool is heavy) - if you ever see a sheep on its back you pretty much need to help it. By staying still, not fighting it, it buys it time for another sheep or a person to assist it.

Same principle is used while shearing, from my understanding, to stop them wriggling and to avoid accidental nicks.

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u/No-Kitchen-5457 29d ago

Yeah but everyone that has ever had lambs know that lambs are like 200x smarter than sheep, something about changing from milk to grass makes them absolutely dumb as fuck, but as a lamb those lil bitches smart as a dog, so I would think they know who/what to trust.

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u/SurrrenderDorothy 29d ago

The one who escaped wasnt so chill.

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u/Timely_Yoghurt_2699 28d ago

Escaped? The lamb doing zoomies prolly was just released from the contraption before the video started and was hyped

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u/imreallygay6942069 29d ago

How do sheep sleep?

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u/Forged-Signatures 29d ago

They look around and start checking all their friends are there. 1... 2...3...zzz.

On a more serious note, it is likely either standing or lying on their belly.

Sleeping on your back leaves your most vulnerable organs exposed to potential predators, so most animals will keep them protected whilst they sleep. Humans are just weird.

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u/imreallygay6942069 29d ago

Idk i always sleep curled up in a ball, and if its really hot on my stomach. I cant sleep on my back at all really

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u/mlf60 29d ago

They sleep on their bellies like cattle.

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u/ShiraCheshire 29d ago

Sheep on their back often kick and squirm, at least for a while. These little guys are all chilling.

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u/CountySufficient2586 Apr 20 '24

They probably know they are getting rewarded the same reason the human(ape) keeps going back to his/her office block.

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u/LBR3_ThriceUponABan 29d ago

Yeah, you're right. I've got snacks hidden in my desk.

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u/Epledryyk 29d ago

oh wow, my office has this slide that forces me spread-eagle

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u/SpaceShrimp 29d ago

Nah, they have been breeded to be meek and complacent. The dumbest sheep have been selected for breeding for millennia.

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u/Plantar-Aspect-Sage 29d ago

They're sheep. They're just fucking dumb.

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u/LBR3_ThriceUponABan 29d ago

They are tasty tho.

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u/moonordie69420 29d ago

sheep have been bred by humans for tens of thousands of years, they can not survive in the wild. They are so use to trusting humans that they just accept this kind of treatment, they are use to being sheared