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[mourningwood]

while researching sheep diseases for yet another of my lighthearted short stories, i came across this fun fact:

Lamb starvation, the number one killer of lambs, often is associated with lack of shepherding. Contributing causes

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[inlaterdays]

...they breed suicidal sheep?

[mourningwood]

and fainting ones, as i'm sure you're aware.

[ria777]

do you mean fainting goats, or do they fainting sheep as well?

[inlaterdays]

fainting ruminants. :)

[sexinasweater]

hahaha, actually.... that makes me really sad. poor sheep.

[villagecharm]

I am now going to run for office on a platform solely devoted to ending poor shepherding. It's the most serious threat facing our society since porch collapse.

[ria777]

given that humans genetically a wild animal for placidity that kind of makes sense.

"genetic will to die", though, that calls to mind shiny patent leather boots and bad German accents, jah?

[mourningwood]

maybe so, but i see examples of it all the time. sometimes when i look in the mirror.

[ria777]

oh, that doesn't mean I disagree. I see it all the time.

in the worst of circumstances I have often felt the will to live most strongly, though, or more precisely I have felt the urge to live and the urge to die at war.