January 11, 2007: Ewes die of asphyxiation, fright

Undertoad · 01-11-2007, 11:25 AM

An unhappy animal shot today. 24 horas en fotos at 20minutos.es has this dreadful one, translated by Bablefish:

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Event in Huesca. The bodies without life of 300 ewes in a paridera of Loarre, where they died by asphyxia when crowding against one of the walls scared by the presence of tens of vultures.

Beestie · 01-11-2007, 11:29 AM

Too bad that didn't happen near a country road in Tennessee.

glatt · 01-11-2007, 11:50 AM

The vultures scared them to death, and then didn't eat them?

Elspode · 01-11-2007, 01:57 PM

They aren't smelly and rotten enough yet.

Shawnee123 · 01-11-2007, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

The vultures scared them to death, and then didn't eat them?

Maybe they had their fill...I see some bloody torn flesh on some of them.

Hoof Hearted · 01-11-2007, 06:02 PM

I find it odd that they died in a nice, flat, layer...

I'd say either trampled, and the live animals moved away for the photo...or a low lying gas crept into the solid walled pen and asphyxiated them. I just can't get my mind around trampled. I'd expect them to be 'piled' more and not in a single layer.
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footfootfoot · 01-12-2007, 08:14 PM

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lumberjim · 01-11-2007, 02:18 PM

i don't believe it. sheepshit, i say.

how does an animal asphyxiate under an open sky? much less a hundred or so. you might as well say that they were smote by an angry god.

footfootfoot · 01-11-2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i don't believe it. sheepshit, i say.

how does an animal asphyxiate under an open sky? much less a hundred or so. you might as well say that they were smote by an angry god.

An angry god whose smiting arm was sheathed in tens of vultures! And you, a poet no less!

Wombat · 01-11-2007, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

how does an animal asphyxiate under an open sky?

They climbed up on top of each other, possibly several layers deep. The ones at the bottom couldn't breathe because of the weight of the others on top crushing down on them.

96 people died the same way at the Hillsborough football disaster in 1989 at Sheffield, England.

Pie · 01-11-2007, 02:49 PM

People get crushed to death in a crowd. Sheep are (arguably) stupider than people.

lumberjim · 01-11-2007, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

People get crushed to death in a crowd. Sheep are (arguably) stupider than people.

yeah, but a relatively small segment of the huge mass of people was crushed by the press. they didnt ALL die. somethings up here. who farted might be onto it. maybe the vultures could smell the gas, and knew they'd be dead soon, and that's why they arrived in the first place?

DucksNuts · 01-11-2007, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

yeah, but a relatively small segment of the huge mass of people was crushed by the press. they didnt ALL die. somethings up here. who farted might be onto it. maybe the vultures could smell the gas, and knew they'd be dead soon, and that's why they arrived in the first place?

bwuahahaha who farted?

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lumberjim · 01-12-2007, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by DucksNuts

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yeah, that. how?

01-12-2007, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

yeah, that. how?

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01-11-2007, 11:29 AM	#2
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01-11-2007, 01:57 PM	#4
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01-11-2007, 06:02 PM	#6
Hoof Hearted ...you smell something? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Monroe, GA Posts: 420	I find it odd that they died in a nice, flat, layer... I'd say either trampled, and the live animals moved away for the photo...or a low lying gas crept into the solid walled pen and asphyxiated them. I just can't get my mind around trampled. I'd expect them to be 'piled' more and not in a single layer. hh __________________ I have the ability of single-minded determination and focu...Hey, look! A horse!

01-12-2007, 08:14 PM	#7
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01-11-2007, 02:18 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i don't believe it. sheepshit, i say. how does an animal asphyxiate under an open sky? much less a hundred or so. you might as well say that they were smote by an angry god. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-11-2007, 11:50 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The vultures scared them to death, and then didn't eat them?

01-11-2007, 02:49 PM	#11
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	People get crushed to death in a crowd. Sheep are (arguably) stupider than people. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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