by Matthew Cobb
I saw this tw**t by @LlyrDerwydd, a Welsh sheepfarmer, who was driving by one of his fields when he saw that a flock of his sheep and got into the wrong field. You need to have the sound turned up:
When sheep know they are in the wrong field. #badsheep #Sheep365 #farming365 #cleversheep #farm365 pic.twitter.com/lKvZ680u7w
— Llŷr Derwydd 🏴 (@LlyrDerwydd) January 23, 2016
I sent it to PCC(E) who responded: “that’s bogus! either they’re being herded by a d*g or it’s feeding time!”. By now a scientific pal, Mike Nitabach, had got in on the convo, asking what on Earth was going on. I asked Llŷr Derwydd (his name should have the hat on the ‘y’ of his first name) whether it was a fix:
@mnitabach Jerry Coyne thinks its a fake, or there are dogs involved. Well, @LlyrDerwydd?
— Matthew Cobb (@matthewcobb) January 23, 2016
Here’s Llŷr’s reply:
@matthewcobb @mnitabach I can guarantee it real. No dog.
— Llŷr Derwydd 🏴 (@LlyrDerwydd) January 23, 2016
In other words, all is as it seems: there’s a gate at the top right of the field, and that’s the place the sheep are heading to, to escape the wrath of their master, Llŷr, who is shouting at them to get out of the field… Moral: Sheep aren’t as dumb as we sometimes think.