Re:Sheep are not stupid, and they are not helpless either
by jrimclean on Saturday April 22, 2017 @06:13PM
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Growing up an a hobby farm with 20-40 (depending on the time of year), this is my experience too. Lambs are playful and full of spunk, but as they grow older they quickly become full-time grazing machines. Rams are just vicious.
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Re:Sheep are not stupid, and they are not helpless either
by dankohn1 on Saturday April 22, 2017 @10:42PM
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Classic HN here that no matter how obscure the topic, we have posts from 3 different people with real world experience.
Re:Sheep are not stupid, and they are not helpless either
by vertex-four on Sunday April 23, 2017 @04:20AM
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I'm not sure that sheep-farming is particularly obscure.
Re:Sheep are not stupid, and they are not helpless either
by woodandsteel on Sunday April 23, 2017 @06:04PM
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I imagine it is among IT people, who are the prime audience for HN.
Re:Sheep are not stupid, and they are not helpless either
by dankohn1 on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @09:22PM
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Also, it wasn't just sheep farming. It was treating the lambs as pets.
Re:Sheep are not stupid, and they are not helpless either
by sillysaurus3 on Saturday April 22, 2017 @10:54PM
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My favorite was the person who happened to be burning a boat for fuel when it was being debated whether a crew could survive a shipwreck for years by using the ship as a fuel source. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10803552
Re:Sheep are not stupid, and they are not helpless either
by lostlogin on Sunday April 23, 2017 @06:07AM
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I enjoyed the "did you win the Putman" episode.
Re:Sheep are not stupid, and they are not helpless either
by catmanjan on Saturday April 22, 2017 @11:06PM
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Aggressive rams are partially a byproduct of testosterone and selective breeding, some small scale farmers will leave rams in with ewes and their newborns to protect them from predators.