When is a lemming not a lemming?
Hundreds of sheep follow leader off cliff
Mon Jul 11, 9:10 AM ET
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of sheep followed their leader off a cliff in eastern Turkey, plunging to their deaths this week while shepherds looked on in dismay.
Four hundred sheep fell 15 yards to their deaths in a ravine in Van province near
Iran but broke the fall of another 1,100 animals who survived, newspaper reports said Friday.
Shepherds from Ikizler village neglected the flock while eating breakfast, leaving the sheep to roam free, the Radikal daily said.
The loss to local farmers was estimated at 100,000 new lira ($74,000).