My biggest loss of ewes was due to tipped over sheep. Cool sleeping nights after a lush spring evening out on pasture and I would see twenty or so hooves pointing straight up in the air at sunrise. You have to get them righted within 3 hours or they suffer nerve and organ damage due to the pressure.
That is just so sad.
I remember reading a book, and one of the chapters started with a description of a flock of sheep being startled by the sun rising in the morning, like they were every day. You almost have to wonder how something so terminally stupid can evolve in a competitive world. I would have to call it a strike against the theory of evolution.
I thought you were joking about them being so stupid they’d lay on their back and get stuck, but I googled it just to be sure, and there is a video of one on its back.
Wow. An animal almost as stupid and unable to stay alive in a state of nature as a leftist. I’d never have believed it.