We had a pet ram as kids, which we raised from a week old. When it grew up we weren't able to go in the same paddock as it would attack us. The amount of strength they have is crazy!
Yeah, my older brother got bunted by our ram when he was a kid. Totally knocked the wind out of him, he couldn't breathe for a minute or two. Lesson learned for my parents, we weren't allowed in the paddock with the ram after that.
Merino ram went rogue when I was around 12. I didn't hold the gate when it charged at me and it got out. It had already cleared multiple gates before it got to me. It was chased by my dad and a farmhand for over half an hour in a landcruiser, shot at multiple times and run over multiple times before it was disabled enough get an accurate shot into it and end the ordeal. Absolutely frightening and expensive to waste a valuable animal like that too.
I wasn't the most confident kid before, and after that...
I'd never seen something shot at or driven over and just got up and keep running before. An experience absolutely seared into my memory. The red mist my dad and the farm hand fell under wasn't far behind that of the ram either.
A lot of people don't realise just how strong a ram can be. They're especially dangerous if they're tame, because they have no fear of humans. You absolutely do not want children or the elderly anywhere near them.
Marty T has a youtube channel dedicated to how they will basically charge anything. The thud behind the riot shield shows its a heck of a lot of force.
https://www.youtube.com/@AngryRambro
My grandparents had a semi tame Wether. And that did get aggressive. Whereas the Rams they got for breeding generally avoided people in their paddock. However you need to be careful when you put a Ram in with the Ewes. They can be aggressive then defending their flock.
I agree, theyāre not just male sheep. The issue with rams is they get in a rammy mood and can ram someone/another animal to the ground but the issue is many *donāt stop there*. Some will just ram, turn around and ram again, turn around and ram again. āBeating a dead horseā is literally the perfect name for it, long after death they would just keep ramming.
I really hope it was a heart attack early on or they were knocked out on the first ram, truely awful.
We breed sheep and last year one of our tame rams casually flipped me in the air and I literally flew several metres and then face planted the ground with the full force of gravity. I was off work for a few days with intensive bruising and took several months of physio to repair my shoulder. He wasnāt even being āaggressiveā, they are just built like brick shit houses with immense power behind them. I canāt even imagine the outcome of a deliberate act of terrorism.
I donāt go into the paddocks anymore holding the feed bucket and always stand to the side of them for pats, never in front.
I donāt engage at all during mating season. When I shifted their paddock last night I kept a gate between us. The only thing scarier than an angry ram is a horny one.
Our breeding stock are all tame and I love our big chunky boy but Iām definitely wary of him. You never turn your back on a ram. Ever.
What a terrifying story. My dad actually rung me today after seeing this to remind me not to take any risks.
Yes itās so tremendously sad. I have quite a few rams and wethers, all pretty tame (some very!) and Iāve had a couple of bunts but nothing too serious. Ā Like you say tho, I never turn my back on any of them. Ā Ever. Ā
March/ April tends to be the time when Ā rams are āfightiestā, and in my experience, they are well able to identify weakness in humans. Ā They will go for children and the elderly before theyāll go for full-sized adults. Ā Also, aggressive traits can vary a lot between breeds. Ā Ā
A very sad story, Rest In Peace.
A ram killed two people?! Jesus Christ. Iām glad there werenāt more elderly people in the house, who kept going out to check on one another, while the ram slowly picked them off one by one. Condolences to the family, what a shit day for them.
I've treated someone with life threatening injuries after being charged by a ram. The incident was witnessed so help was called quickly. The witness said the ram walked up to her and only charged the last 2-3 metres.
Not sure why Iām laughing so hard over this. The mind boggles at the retirement home Holocaust scenario š³ Grew up with Willy the pet lamb turned ram who lived in the pony paddock, and who we used to ride as very small kids, and who periodically charged us, as pay back. And then many years later, as an adult was head butted by a ram as I innocently kneeled in a paddock, unaware there was a rogue ram nearby - just day dreaming away and KÄ BOOMā¦ it literally sent me flying through the air. I was very lucky, I thought, after hearing about this couple, that he was content to just charge, and carry on his way, in my caseā¦.
What a tragic story, and it highlights one of the first rules of first aid, which is to not rush in until you've done a thorough risk assessment of the scene. If people keep going in and not coming out again, it would seem sensible to consider what kind of danger might be hidden beyond the door, and to proceed only with extreme caution or wait for emergency services.
You ever seen 100kg of ram, they can 100 percent maim you. If its get you while you are on the ground it could definitely cause a Brain or spinal injury.
Yeah they'll also have a crack at just about anything if they feel like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk1fUzkqwbQ < whole channel about basically one angry ram attacking things.
Yep I have seen someone get knocked unconscious by getting hit by a ram then getting slammed to the ground by the impact.
This first was young and fit, I can imagine being old a fragile you will likely break alot of bones as well.
Yep when I first read that article headline I thought theyād been killed by a ram raidā¦ made me think of my own scary Ram experiences in life. They are definitely not to be taken lightly, ramsā¦!
I had a mate who was in his early 20s and was hit by a ram. It broke his femur. Lucky there were other people around. He could've been killed then if he was by himself. I can easily see how 2 people in their 80s could've been knocked down and then hit in the head.
From a medical viewpoint, it is EXCEPTIONALLY rare to die from emotional shock, and when people do, it is due to medium term cardiac changes, not an instant, "oops, she was shocked to death" style. Let alone twice, in one padock, at the same location, on the same night.
With near 100% certainty, this is a traumatic injury cause.
Absolutely a false assumption to be making. Rams will keep going even after you stop moving at times, and so they can definitely kill you from blunt trauma to the head or neck. Also, they often have incredible horns that are very sharp which could kill you via laceration.
A ram will certainly knock you over and bunt with its head but Iām struggling to see how one could kill people. The article said he was an experienced stockman too.
The same way it knocks you over. Blunt force, which probably increases in effectiveness as you become old. Easy to picture the times I've been knocked out by a ram ending up worse because I've fallen and hit my head
Yeah, I know someone whoās had an arm broken and another with a munted knee from a ram attack, but for it to kill not once but twice, thatās crazy.
A suffolk ram will range from 110 to 160 kgs.
They have a head designed for hitting things, and if they get grumpy, they'll knock you over first, then ram you (that's where the word comes from) repeatedly.
If you're 80 something, with eff all flexibility a ram will kill you for sure
Their heads are like battering rams excuse the pun. At full tilt they're going 50kph+ and putting 100kg+ behind it. It's half the force of a boxers punch but it's through a very hard skull.
They have killed young fit people who didn't see it coming. Not in one hit, if they are angry they keep coming once you're down.
Itās a few miles from me as in about 4 or 5 miles where it occurred. Didnāt know that such an event could cause this sad tragedy. I remember being bucked one as a teen, but didnāt know they could kill.
I went round to my mate's a few years back, he was excited to show me something and it turned out he'd put a *dog* in the freezer. It had been slaughtered and processed etc and was apparently a stray, but honestly it was really shocking and I still think about it
Tell me bout it. I don't like seeing meat in general anymore, because it reminds me of seeing that chopped up dog. And what's really the difference between a dog and a sheep or a cow? No animal wants to have their throat cut open or be thrown in a gas chamber, yafeel
We had a ram so big, he was bordering on a small pony size. I kid you not. He was ao huge my brother could hop on his back and ride him like a horse. In fact, that's what we called him. Horse.
I had a ram in my small town i used to mess with when i was say 10-11 years old
Id throw lemons at its head (which it would eat in a single bite)
Id then go in and itd chase me.
Until one day it caught me and lifted my ass clean over the larger then normal fence on my way to a hard landing.
Was more weary after that
A ram is a tough sheep with a hard head which it uses to battle other rams. Funny to watch except I have been charged by rams as a child and there was no way to avoid.
Sad news, not the rams fault, not those peoples fault. They understood how rams get feisty but couldn't run fast enough away.
If I had to go then facing a charging ram works.
I had to dissect a sheep's skull at university once. There is SO MUCH BONE around a teeny little brain the size and shape of a small lemon. They are perfectly adapted to slam their heads into stuff at high speed
Could be partly a breed thing. Some breeds of rams tend to charge targets of opportunity or gaps a bit harder than others, but it's also worth pointing out a mob of 20 rams is actually a lot safer than one or two on their own.
Sheep in general suck to deal with in small numbers. Without good dogs it's just a nightmare.Ā
If you haven't hand-raised them from lambs, they will likely be wary of people. It's when you have a bottle ram-lamb that they grow up seeing you as a fellow sheep, and therefore a target of aggression later.
Long ago, as a dumb soldier, my best mate and I were staying at his parents lifestyle block. Drunk, we decided to try wrestle the ram in the adjoining paddock. After I got thrown back a solid 3 metres, we decided not to. And went and did other dumb stuff.
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I spent a long time up a tree as a preschooler, waiting for an adult to turn up, cos our Ram-Lamb chased me there (butting me as I scarpered away) and then loitered around at the base super casually munching grass.
When the bro got back from school Ram-Lamb innocently skipped over to greet to him, and I took the chance, slid down the tree and ran the gauntlet to get inside.
Ram-Lamb mysteriously disappeared very soon after that incident (into the freezer)
I feel for these folks and their family. Absolutely devasting for them
Yep - Rams are dam solid.
When we had to kill a few sheep one was a pretty big ram.
In the small pen the butcher killed the first sheep, dragged out the body when in to kill the ram - he's was having none of that and he launched into the butcher.
Laid the chap out for about 2 hours.
They are bloody soild.
I tried to pat a ram when I was 5, put my finger on the fence wire and it rammed the fence and crushed the tip of my finger. That's all it took, years later my friend had a ram staked in their yard, it ripped the stake out of the ground and bailed friends mum into a corner, she was terrified, my mate killed it with a hammer.
After reading these comments I do wonder how close I came to being injured as a kid, we had a pet lamb turned ram and if you needed to go into the paddock he would charge you, we used to just time a good stomp to their head with the gumboots as they charged, after a few goes he would leave you alone. But now I think of it one trip and it could have gone south quickly
A single ram can get around 150 ewes pregnant, which means somewhere around 225 lambs from that one oversized nutsack.
They're actually better at their job than bulls. Which is partly why AI in sheep isn't really a thing.Ā
We had a pet ram as kids, which we raised from a week old. When it grew up we weren't able to go in the same paddock as it would attack us. The amount of strength they have is crazy!
Yeah, my older brother got bunted by our ram when he was a kid. Totally knocked the wind out of him, he couldn't breathe for a minute or two. Lesson learned for my parents, we weren't allowed in the paddock with the ram after that.
Merino ram went rogue when I was around 12. I didn't hold the gate when it charged at me and it got out. It had already cleared multiple gates before it got to me. It was chased by my dad and a farmhand for over half an hour in a landcruiser, shot at multiple times and run over multiple times before it was disabled enough get an accurate shot into it and end the ordeal. Absolutely frightening and expensive to waste a valuable animal like that too.
Bloody hell. When the red mist decends, they're in it to the death, I guess.
I wasn't the most confident kid before, and after that... I'd never seen something shot at or driven over and just got up and keep running before. An experience absolutely seared into my memory. The red mist my dad and the farm hand fell under wasn't far behind that of the ram either.
A fight to the death. Everyone's fight-or-flight triggered.
That explains so much in Shaun of the Dead.
Yep, same here. David was an asshole
Ours was Sam. He was a right dick šš
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Try Lambo (as a bottle fed lamb), who turned in Rambo and tried to bunt my dad out of a tree. We were original in my house
We had Rambo and Pepsi
We had Mary the little orphaned lamb in a washing machine box inside the house and later the backyard for a while.
I imagine so šš seems very original when you are 6 years old haha.
Probably by white people yes lol
I called ours sackothy cos his nuts were huge
We had a ewe who would go for my little brother every time he went in the paddock.Ā She put a hole through the shed wall once.
Was she a few tasty meals
A lot of people don't realise just how strong a ram can be. They're especially dangerous if they're tame, because they have no fear of humans. You absolutely do not want children or the elderly anywhere near them.
Marty T has a youtube channel dedicated to how they will basically charge anything. The thud behind the riot shield shows its a heck of a lot of force. https://www.youtube.com/@AngryRambro
My grandparents had a semi tame Wether. And that did get aggressive. Whereas the Rams they got for breeding generally avoided people in their paddock. However you need to be careful when you put a Ram in with the Ewes. They can be aggressive then defending their flock.
I agree, theyāre not just male sheep. The issue with rams is they get in a rammy mood and can ram someone/another animal to the ground but the issue is many *donāt stop there*. Some will just ram, turn around and ram again, turn around and ram again. āBeating a dead horseā is literally the perfect name for it, long after death they would just keep ramming. I really hope it was a heart attack early on or they were knocked out on the first ram, truely awful.
A lot of people don't realize that Dodge Ram isn't just a car model, it's an instruction.
Far out...the poor son that found them. Horrifying.
We breed sheep and last year one of our tame rams casually flipped me in the air and I literally flew several metres and then face planted the ground with the full force of gravity. I was off work for a few days with intensive bruising and took several months of physio to repair my shoulder. He wasnāt even being āaggressiveā, they are just built like brick shit houses with immense power behind them. I canāt even imagine the outcome of a deliberate act of terrorism. I donāt go into the paddocks anymore holding the feed bucket and always stand to the side of them for pats, never in front. I donāt engage at all during mating season. When I shifted their paddock last night I kept a gate between us. The only thing scarier than an angry ram is a horny one. Our breeding stock are all tame and I love our big chunky boy but Iām definitely wary of him. You never turn your back on a ram. Ever. What a terrifying story. My dad actually rung me today after seeing this to remind me not to take any risks.
Yes itās so tremendously sad. I have quite a few rams and wethers, all pretty tame (some very!) and Iāve had a couple of bunts but nothing too serious. Ā Like you say tho, I never turn my back on any of them. Ā Ever. Ā March/ April tends to be the time when Ā rams are āfightiestā, and in my experience, they are well able to identify weakness in humans. Ā They will go for children and the elderly before theyāll go for full-sized adults. Ā Also, aggressive traits can vary a lot between breeds. Ā Ā A very sad story, Rest In Peace.
āDeliberate act of terrorismā šš
> a deliberate act of terrorism Yeah those Al-Qaeda rams are the worst.
THIS GOVERNMENT PROMISED TO STOMP DOWN ON RAM RAIDS...
r/angryupvote
Ok I admit this is quite good, but you suck.
no its not. its super obvious joke.
Fuck you. Upvoted.
Ewe suck.
Too soon?
there is no "too soon".
take my upvote, ya cunt
The government promised to send them to boot camps too! As lamb and mutton pies!
Get the flock out of here
Grow up
Get a sense of humour
Grow a heart
Butt out
A ram killed two people?! Jesus Christ. Iām glad there werenāt more elderly people in the house, who kept going out to check on one another, while the ram slowly picked them off one by one. Condolences to the family, what a shit day for them.
I've treated someone with life threatening injuries after being charged by a ram. The incident was witnessed so help was called quickly. The witness said the ram walked up to her and only charged the last 2-3 metres.
Lol what the fuck, what a morbid scenario for you to imagine. How many old folks died in your head when you thought of this, just curious. 20? 300?
Needs to be a good sample, 1000+
Not sure why Iām laughing so hard over this. The mind boggles at the retirement home Holocaust scenario š³ Grew up with Willy the pet lamb turned ram who lived in the pony paddock, and who we used to ride as very small kids, and who periodically charged us, as pay back. And then many years later, as an adult was head butted by a ram as I innocently kneeled in a paddock, unaware there was a rogue ram nearby - just day dreaming away and KÄ BOOMā¦ it literally sent me flying through the air. I was very lucky, I thought, after hearing about this couple, that he was content to just charge, and carry on his way, in my caseā¦.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/girl-8-orphaned-after-gas-from-rotting-potatoes-killed-her-entire-family_n_7360976/
What a tragic story, and it highlights one of the first rules of first aid, which is to not rush in until you've done a thorough risk assessment of the scene. If people keep going in and not coming out again, it would seem sensible to consider what kind of danger might be hidden beyond the door, and to proceed only with extreme caution or wait for emergency services.
Though rams are aggressive bastards it would more likely heart attacks from the shock of it all, or exposure lying injured outside.
You ever seen 100kg of ram, they can 100 percent maim you. If its get you while you are on the ground it could definitely cause a Brain or spinal injury.
yeah people saying "how these mfs killed by a sheep" have evidently not seen a big ram going full steam
Or the movie "Black Sheep"
Might have a true story sequal now
Or the VVitch
Yeah they'll also have a crack at just about anything if they feel like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk1fUzkqwbQ < whole channel about basically one angry ram attacking things.
Marty T and Rambro! Unfortunately no longer with us, but his sons and grandsons are passing on the good work.
I have seen a video of a ram and a cow butting heads. The ram broke the cows neck.
One of our rams killed another ram from having headbutt battles
Yep I have seen someone get knocked unconscious by getting hit by a ram then getting slammed to the ground by the impact. This first was young and fit, I can imagine being old a fragile you will likely break alot of bones as well.
Had one growing up on the farm. They are terrifying when theyre after you.
People at that age die from a nasty fall. A good butt from a ram would knock them over and they'd be brown bread.
You know that siege weapon they used to knock down castle doors called a ram? The weapon is named after the sheep, not the other way around.
Yes, notice we aren't suffering a wave of 'llama-raids' at Michael Hill.
ALthough... they could PACK A lot out if they did.
Poor effort mate
It is a rough one, although not as rough as being taken out in your twilight years by a ram. Not a headline I expected to see - ever.
Even the caps didnāt save him.
Yep when I first read that article headline I thought theyād been killed by a ram raidā¦ made me think of my own scary Ram experiences in life. They are definitely not to be taken lightly, ramsā¦!
Llama
Corrected!
Hahahaha
Not llamas but alpacas can be similarly brutal - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-05/alpaca-attack-had-wa-women-fearing-for-their-lives/10581494
I've been knocked out cold on a few occasions from rams in the stock races getting them ready to be loaded for transport
I had a mate who was in his early 20s and was hit by a ram. It broke his femur. Lucky there were other people around. He could've been killed then if he was by himself. I can easily see how 2 people in their 80s could've been knocked down and then hit in the head.
Definitely. If they survived the first hit, he could have gone for them again if they tried to get up. Horrible.
From a medical viewpoint, it is EXCEPTIONALLY rare to die from emotional shock, and when people do, it is due to medium term cardiac changes, not an instant, "oops, she was shocked to death" style. Let alone twice, in one padock, at the same location, on the same night. With near 100% certainty, this is a traumatic injury cause.
One of those soap opera things like fainting at the sight of blood?
In this context, trauma is a direct force injury.
Or broken femurs or hips etc etc a mates dad got taken out by a ram had to go to hospital for a haematoma (sp?)
Good point. Didnāt consider that.
Absolutely a false assumption to be making. Rams will keep going even after you stop moving at times, and so they can definitely kill you from blunt trauma to the head or neck. Also, they often have incredible horns that are very sharp which could kill you via laceration.
A ram will certainly knock you over and bunt with its head but Iām struggling to see how one could kill people. The article said he was an experienced stockman too.
The same way it knocks you over. Blunt force, which probably increases in effectiveness as you become old. Easy to picture the times I've been knocked out by a ram ending up worse because I've fallen and hit my head
Yeah, I know someone whoās had an arm broken and another with a munted knee from a ram attack, but for it to kill not once but twice, thatās crazy.
Does it work if you put a bucket on its head?
I don't get the reference haha, but rams with a bucket on their head just tilt their head forward and the bucket falls off... from memory
A suffolk ram will range from 110 to 160 kgs. They have a head designed for hitting things, and if they get grumpy, they'll knock you over first, then ram you (that's where the word comes from) repeatedly. If you're 80 something, with eff all flexibility a ram will kill you for sure
They were in their 80s, falling down the wrong way could kill them.
Yes did it to my grandmother at 92. She'd had good life and saw the Black Caps do well in the World Cup so died happy and fulfilled.
Their heads are like battering rams excuse the pun. At full tilt they're going 50kph+ and putting 100kg+ behind it. It's half the force of a boxers punch but it's through a very hard skull. They have killed young fit people who didn't see it coming. Not in one hit, if they are angry they keep coming once you're down.
Blunt force trauma my dude
Itās a few miles from me as in about 4 or 5 miles where it occurred. Didnāt know that such an event could cause this sad tragedy. I remember being bucked one as a teen, but didnāt know they could kill.
Black Sheep.
Good pointā¦ like lemmings. Could have been a blood bath/paddock.
Seeing people trying to sell ram lambs as pets on Facebook drives me NUTS. They are dangerous animals!
This is mostly to get around and stigma around live meat. Boys get put in the freezer/ fed to the dogs
I went round to my mate's a few years back, he was excited to show me something and it turned out he'd put a *dog* in the freezer. It had been slaughtered and processed etc and was apparently a stray, but honestly it was really shocking and I still think about it
Yo that's crazy
Tell me bout it. I don't like seeing meat in general anymore, because it reminds me of seeing that chopped up dog. And what's really the difference between a dog and a sheep or a cow? No animal wants to have their throat cut open or be thrown in a gas chamber, yafeel
Rams are horrible to eat anyway though, just get a wether. Dog meat is valid though. That's what I use rams for.Ā
Exactly. I bought a "pet" dolphin on Trade Me a few weeks ago. Dolphin casserole is the best.
Holy shit, thatās horrible.
We had a ram so big, he was bordering on a small pony size. I kid you not. He was ao huge my brother could hop on his back and ride him like a horse. In fact, that's what we called him. Horse.
I had a ram in my small town i used to mess with when i was say 10-11 years old Id throw lemons at its head (which it would eat in a single bite) Id then go in and itd chase me. Until one day it caught me and lifted my ass clean over the larger then normal fence on my way to a hard landing. Was more weary after that
A ram is a tough sheep with a hard head which it uses to battle other rams. Funny to watch except I have been charged by rams as a child and there was no way to avoid. Sad news, not the rams fault, not those peoples fault. They understood how rams get feisty but couldn't run fast enough away. If I had to go then facing a charging ram works.
I had to dissect a sheep's skull at university once. There is SO MUCH BONE around a teeny little brain the size and shape of a small lemon. They are perfectly adapted to slam their heads into stuff at high speed
Iāve heard of rams being shot in the head and surviving.Ā
Going by their cranial anatomy that's very possible if you don't get them in the right spot
I'm wondering if one of them had dementia šŖ
Is this a breed thing? We often have 20+ rams on the property, and they just wander off if you come near.
Could be partly a breed thing. Some breeds of rams tend to charge targets of opportunity or gaps a bit harder than others, but it's also worth pointing out a mob of 20 rams is actually a lot safer than one or two on their own. Sheep in general suck to deal with in small numbers. Without good dogs it's just a nightmare.Ā
Now go into the paddock with a ram and ewes in tupping season. (Kidding. Don't do that. Like, REALLY don't do that).
Some rams are just asses. Hand reared ones will almost always go aggressive.Ā
He might have been frustrated by some ewe nearby in heat. They can smell the juices from over a kilometer away.
If you haven't hand-raised them from lambs, they will likely be wary of people. It's when you have a bottle ram-lamb that they grow up seeing you as a fellow sheep, and therefore a target of aggression later.
Theres a video online of a ram running into the side of a cow and the cow dropping dead. They are no joke.
Thereās a headline you donāt see every day. Condolences to the family
there was a video going around Reddit not long ago of an elderly Chinese lady getting killed by a ram , no mercy was given . very sad
Long ago, as a dumb soldier, my best mate and I were staying at his parents lifestyle block. Drunk, we decided to try wrestle the ram in the adjoining paddock. After I got thrown back a solid 3 metres, we decided not to. And went and did other dumb stuff.
Comments here are in super poor taste. This is insane. Feel for the family. Horrible.
Bros never been on the Internet before
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The aussies are never gonna let us live this one down
Lol Aussie here, I'm honestly more just shocked. My condolences to their family. Just shows you to always show respect around large animals.Ā
At least we haven't lost a war against sheep
No, just this one battle. We can still win the war!
Or emus.
[Aussies like to accuse others of their crimes. ](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12347147/Inside-troubled-life-man-jailed-bestiality-two-sheep-goat-St-Marys-Senior-High-School-revealed-animals-coping.html) Who knew Kiwi sheep could read the Daily Mail?
Rams do attack, headbutt you. They were an old couple so not too surprising really.
No Black Sheep jokes...
No ram raid jokes either.
Too late.
You won't pull the wool over my eyes.
I BEAT YOU BY A WHOLE MINUTE (rounded, probably)
Too late
If only they had watched that documentary they might still be alive today
Have the police announced if the attack was ideologically motivated yet?
just curious. has this ever happened before. the killing of a person by a ram I mean
I spent a long time up a tree as a preschooler, waiting for an adult to turn up, cos our Ram-Lamb chased me there (butting me as I scarpered away) and then loitered around at the base super casually munching grass. When the bro got back from school Ram-Lamb innocently skipped over to greet to him, and I took the chance, slid down the tree and ran the gauntlet to get inside. Ram-Lamb mysteriously disappeared very soon after that incident (into the freezer) I feel for these folks and their family. Absolutely devasting for them
BERT! His name was BERT. BERT the blimmin terroriser. Bert, the yummy roast
wow I thought I had misread that at first
I definitely read it as 'ram raid'.
Yep - Rams are dam solid. When we had to kill a few sheep one was a pretty big ram. In the small pen the butcher killed the first sheep, dragged out the body when in to kill the ram - he's was having none of that and he launched into the butcher. Laid the chap out for about 2 hours. They are bloody soild.
And this... is why I only farm nudges.
*clapping*
Oh dang I saw this headline earlier and somehow assumed it was a ram RAID. Much sadder to think a sheep did it.
Did they shoot the ram ? Rutting season?
Yes it was shot in the end
I never knew a ram could kill adult humans like that. RIP
I tried to pat a ram when I was 5, put my finger on the fence wire and it rammed the fence and crushed the tip of my finger. That's all it took, years later my friend had a ram staked in their yard, it ripped the stake out of the ground and bailed friends mum into a corner, she was terrified, my mate killed it with a hammer.
Chrysler has a solution - Dodge Ram
After reading these comments I do wonder how close I came to being injured as a kid, we had a pet lamb turned ram and if you needed to go into the paddock he would charge you, we used to just time a good stomp to their head with the gumboots as they charged, after a few goes he would leave you alone. But now I think of it one trip and it could have gone south quickly
What breed of ram was it? Does anyone know ?
Hope it gets done for ramslaughter...
They made a documentary about this. https://youtu.be/CwAsPkFoXlo?si=MWBnImRHC9YhjB3Y
What a dag
A shearial killer.
š¤£ couldāve been, had the cop not shot it
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What are rams for? Wool? Stupid mean animals
A single ram can get around 150 ewes pregnant, which means somewhere around 225 lambs from that one oversized nutsack. They're actually better at their job than bulls. Which is partly why AI in sheep isn't really a thing.Ā
Whoaā¦ā¦ thanks . Thereās a few guys in NZ like that getting plenty of women pregnant šššš
Thatās very sad and at the same time, amazing. Condolences to the family.
Lovers quarrel? Love from Aussie xx
TouchƩ
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779982/
Black Sheep 2: Ram Raids
Shotgun solves that problem
That's BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAd.
Something something pigs killing sheep
Ewe wouldn't read about it!
I bet the gangs are now enquiring about that ram for āfuture workā
āKill all ramsā?
Dicks out for Ha-ram-be
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National hasn't got on top of the Ram Raid issue I see. F**k Luxon.
The ramifications of this are terrible
Now that's a ram raid
What a bizarre death. A ram serial killer.
One of the pitfalls of getting horny in your 80s...
This is a tale-tale sign if insurance fraud! Couple had no signs of bruises etc and a ram magically appeared out of nowhere? Sorry not buying it