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450 Sheep Jump To Their Deaths In Turkey


TWO THOUGHTS when you see this headline: (1)how can sheep jump inside of a turkey? and (2) which political party does this remind YOU of (you fill in the blank depending on your bias)?:

ISTANBUL, Turkey — 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.

What a bunch of muttonheads. To that we say baaa!

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