This may be the dream of those who suffer from insomnia and need to count sheep in order to fall asleep. An unusual event that takes place in the Mongolian region of China: a flock of hundreds of sheep walks in circles for at least 12 days without any explanation. A video of the strange incident is circulating on social media.
The movement of the cattle was captured by the farm’s CCTV cameras and published by China’s People’s Daily, which reports that the sheep are in good health and the causes of the phenomenon remain shrouded in mystery.
In the images, you can see that while there are sheep that walk in a perfect circle in a clockwise direction, others are watching, and sometimes some remain motionless in the center.
Miao, the owner of the herd, says it all started on November 4 with some sheep, and later others began to show the same behavior.
According to the person in charge, although there are 34 pens on the farm, only the sheep in paddock 13 walk in circles.
It is speculated that it could be listeriosis, a bacterial disease that affects animals, also known as ring disease. The brain is affected, and animals, disoriented, tend to move in a circle towards the affected side. Usually the disease occurs due to spoiled or poor-quality feed given to animals, but generally, affected goats and sheep die within one to two days of infection, so the phenomenon of sheep walking in circles for a long time of 12 days deepens the mystery. even more.
