In a strange phenomenon for which no clear explanation has been found to date, a video clip showed a flock of sheep in southern Jordan spinning around, in a similar incident to what happened. experienced from Chinawhere a flock of sheep turned around continuously for about two weeks.
Jordanian youth, Muhammad Al-Nawaisa, who documented the video, told Al-Arabiya.net that he captured the clip in the Al-Marj area of Al-Karak Governorate, to everyone’s amazement at what is happening. happening.
He also indicated that this phenomenon occurred before him for the first time, and many passers-by stopped to take pictures and videos of the flock, as the shepherd in charge of the sheep confirmed that this was happening for the first time in his history .
Mysterious reason
While the reason for the sheep’s rotation on itself is still mysterious, despite the attempts of specialists to explain this exciting and strange phenomenon.
There have been many explanations for this unknown scene, which has puzzled specialists. Some reports have claimed that sheep turning may be due to a bacterial disease called listeriosis, also known as “circulating disease”.
Feeling frustrated
While professor of livestock and sheep production medicine at the Australian University of Melbourne, Andrew Fish ruled out that the reason for this behavior was ‘rotation disease’ and explained that this infection usually affects only between the 1 and 10% of the herd.
“Sheep have this repetitive behavior because they get frustrated with being in the pen for long periods,” Matt Bell, a professor in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Hartpury in Gloucester, England, told Newsweek.
He concluded, pointing out that “the prolonged stay of the sheep in the pen and the feeling of frustration leads to a typical behavior, which is frequent turning”.
