Turkey Sheep cannot fly

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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."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/turkey_sheep_suicide

"They were tired of oppression and inter-species marriages...just my guess..."
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[atholon]

lol, that is crazy

I think it was Mad-Sheep Disease!

[Scott]

lmfao I would have loved to see that.. I can just see what there faces looked like.. Sad 450 died tho..

[Trojan]

Well atleast I hope the got the wool from the dead animals to get a little money. Crazy indeed!

[-Tigger-]

i just read about that 2day, couldnt believe it lol

[Jeff]

Yeah it's really something else.

[Rampage.]

maybe someone spiked their water

[Lakie]

Im sure theres a "If he jumped off a cliff would you follow him?" Joke in this...

[Lucky]

wow, this is really wierd #1 news story of the month

[.janissary]

Originally posted by Trojan
Well atleast I hope the got the wool from the dead animals to get a little money. Crazy indeed!

rofl troj just rofl i mean sheep wool is dirt cheap or at least i think but money is money i guess

[BADDOG]

How very, very strange???? Fascinating though!!!!

Regards

[Hellfighter]

man don't they have a sheep dog to help contour the sheep he must have jump first and the rest follow him over and the owners only seen the sheep jump what happen to the dog? was he sleep or they too cheap to buy a sheep dog? very sad

[Guns4hire]

LMAOI !!!!! wow wot a shock