I don't know about sheep, but horses stomp to assert dominance. If one does it to you and you stomp back, and the horse stomps again, you better get the last one in or else they'll think they've "won" and are boss over you in the pecking order.
The way the chain link lines up with the wall in the distance, my mind didn't register the fence until I read your comment, and the whole time I was like, someone needs to call CPS.
It's a great opportunity for the kid to learn animal handling low stakes (scare through a fence if he fucks up) Stuff like this is how I learned to get potentially aggressive animals to leave me alone. Lots of Canada geese, loose aggressive dogs, (fighting and drugs), horses, bucks, cattle, etc. Give me 10-30 seconds and I can clear a field of Canada geese with my body language, and get an elk or charging dog to fuck off. Useful with bears (black bears not polar or coastal browns I'm not stupid)
That's a handy skill. Most kids growing up in Alaska learn those skills too. Or at least they used to. I don't know what it's like anymore when parents have to drive their kids to school. They may not know what it's like to bounce a few marbles off a moose to move him away from the bus stop.
For Polar Bears; there's only one thing that will work: pray that you were smart enough to bring at least a .385 mag revolver on this expedition. Really, something more powerful w/ more range is preferred. However it depends on your needs & goals.
It's the most heartbreaking thing to do, but if a Polar Bear follows you on the ice for a full day; you're going to have to destroy it. If it didn't want to kill you; it would have left hours ago.
I've been around sheep. The ewes are pretty chill. Rams will fuck you up without any provocation whatsoever, and if you've seen their balls you will know why.
Sheep do everything stupidly. Especially getting their heads caught in fences when they can just back out of it, and then fighting to stay there when you try to free them.
They aren't nearly as adept at climbing. Also, my friend who grew up with both said the goats would break out of their pen, the sheep would follow, and the goats were smart enough to come home for dinner, and they sheep were... not. And they'd have to go find where the goats lost them.
Humans (and primates in general) are naturally prone to mimicry. It's in our genetic makeup - just like it's in the sheep's genetic makeup to stomp its foot as a physical display of intimidation. The sheep isn't actively thinking "if I stomp my foot, the annoyance will perceive that as a threat."
tomb818
Didn't see the fence at first, was concerned
monkeyfly
I didn't see the fence at first and thought that kid was about to learn a life lesson and develop a phobia.
BeenisWeenis
I didn't see the fence in the thumbnail, was expecting the kid to get headbutted into oblivion lol
brrrackobama
Your kid has some cahones.
LadyNetrex
Could have been an important lesson.'
AndersCalrissian
Sheep copied the second stomp
nothingtolurkhere
He's squaring up because he's never been bulldozed by one.
busterfixxitt
It'll sort itself out. Either the kid will learn to stop, or they'll stop learning.
whisky432
Videos that end too early
shameofslate
“Wake up, sheeple!”
— that kid, probably
potatorat45
Kid's about to get wrecked
coffeeandprozac
Maybe he was a sheep in a recent past life and recognized his mortal foe?
johnxbear
Even the sheep is like "uhhh you sure about this?"
AgentMungo
I see this as a First Contact scenario. They're establishing a basis for communication. Soon they'll be in trade negotiations.
ElbowDeepInAJedi
Wasn't this 3 Star Wars movies?
bekindtoanimals
Shee wants to butt him to kingdom come
hybridjamaican
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The origin
rhxretrohelix
Can you tell me where the music is from or what the song is called please?
FoxPesdassi
Thank you SO much for adding Internet Music #8 to this. It makes the scene much richer & more authentic.
devolutionary
When I stomp you stomp
Just like that
morrighan42
gifs that end too soon
howcansomeonepossiblyhavethesameweirdusernamealready
I don't know about sheep, but horses stomp to assert dominance. If one does it to you and you stomp back, and the horse stomps again, you better get the last one in or else they'll think they've "won" and are boss over you in the pecking order.
fantasyfungi
We calll him… Stares at Sheep
LadyNetrex
He has gratuated to Stomps at Sheep.
sarzaya
He got sick of them not helping him get to sleep
Jamnew60
At first I didn’t see the fence and my thought was this is going to end badly.
ReleaseTheBeeees
That sheep is going to win
Feralkyn
Music's by Kevin MacLeod, dude provides a lot of good, free music for public use
ItsaBeemer
Sheep hold a grudge for a long time.Watch your back kid.
DrKonrad
26 years later: "My grandfather told me about you, human..."
Myowngrampa
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JCBalance
That's called a good follow-through
Myowngrampa
tempestfoxthree
That's a goat.
verukt89
That's a turtle.
Myowngrampa
I know :(
smoldix42069
Bro is lucky there's a fence
mikeatike
Which one ?
CaptainRedbeardButOnlyTheBeard
The way the chain link lines up with the wall in the distance, my mind didn't register the fence until I read your comment, and the whole time I was like, someone needs to call CPS.
t55mn7pdp74
That ain’t much of a fence man
HawkmanXLII
We're not.
Table5
I like you.
Mairoa
It's a great opportunity for the kid to learn animal handling low stakes (scare through a fence if he fucks up) Stuff like this is how I learned to get potentially aggressive animals to leave me alone. Lots of Canada geese, loose aggressive dogs, (fighting and drugs), horses, bucks, cattle, etc. Give me 10-30 seconds and I can clear a field of Canada geese with my body language, and get an elk or charging dog to fuck off. Useful with bears (black bears not polar or coastal browns I'm not stupid)
JusticePhrall
That's a handy skill. Most kids growing up in Alaska learn those skills too. Or at least they used to. I don't know what it's like anymore when parents have to drive their kids to school. They may not know what it's like to bounce a few marbles off a moose to move him away from the bus stop.
myotherusernameismyotherusername
Best survival tactic for brown or polar bears: pray, and hope the bear is religious too.
JudgingEagle
For Polar Bears; there's only one thing that will work: pray that you were smart enough to bring at least a .385 mag revolver on this expedition. Really, something more powerful w/ more range is preferred. However it depends on your needs & goals.
It's the most heartbreaking thing to do, but if a Polar Bear follows you on the ice for a full day; you're going to have to destroy it. If it didn't want to kill you; it would have left hours ago.
AyatollahBahloni
I've been around sheep. The ewes are pretty chill. Rams will fuck you up without any provocation whatsoever, and if you've seen their balls you will know why.
OngoGoblogianTheArtCollector
The rams, whatever happend there...
Soboredwithlife
Well, if you come trying to see my balls Im going to be pissed off too.
pooplloser
DM me if you want to ram my balls
eastend666
Re their balls: I'll take your word for it.
zebulorg
They drag on the ground
squirrle4620
If my balls hung so low that I hit them on every other rock I step over I'd be pretty short tempered too.
lovingspace
So thaaaat's why old people are so grumpy. Interesting....
aShogunNamedMarcus
Ball Ram Ewe
Piano440
Baa-ram-ewe! Baa-ram-ewe! To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true! Sheep be true! Baa-ram-ewe!
FlyYouFLCL
Babe and braveheart were nominated for the same amount of Oscars
Myowngrampa
Can sheep climb stupidly like goats?
wylkyn
Sheep do everything stupidly. Especially getting their heads caught in fences when they can just back out of it, and then fighting to stay there when you try to free them.
Superfictious
They aren't nearly as adept at climbing. Also, my friend who grew up with both said the goats would break out of their pen, the sheep would follow, and the goats were smart enough to come home for dinner, and they sheep were... not. And they'd have to go find where the goats lost them.
Myowngrampa
Oh to be a shep
lovingspace
Why does the sheep imitate the baby. How does it understand what the baby is doing and that a baby's leg is somehow like the sheep's leg?
averageNerdyGuy
It’s less an imitation and more a matching of aggression, or at least aggressive display.
killer10347
You've got it backwards; the baby is imitating the sheep. In all likelihood the sheep made that move prior to the start of the video.
lovingspace
How does the baby know?
killer10347
Humans (and primates in general) are naturally prone to mimicry. It's in our genetic makeup - just like it's in the sheep's genetic makeup to stomp its foot as a physical display of intimidation. The sheep isn't actively thinking "if I stomp my foot, the annoyance will perceive that as a threat."
lovingspace
Right, but for mimicry to work, a human would have to realize that a sheep's front leg is somehow like their leg.
killer10347
Perhaps the child is intuitive enough to make that connection.