Fainting sheep is a kind of sheep that faints when frightened, and even if the owner gently opens an umbrella next to them, it is possible to scare them into fainting.
Not only that, but they faint when they do something slightly challenging, such as jumping, and the fainting sheep will faint in fright.
When you, you can also be scared to faint.
I will faint when I run.
Don't think of them as the masters of the animal kingdom, in fact they are a goat with congenital muscle rigidity.
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The earliest record of fainting sheep dates back to Tennessee in the 1880s, when some herders discovered that one of their flocks fainted when frightened. Such sheep certainly cannot survive in the wild, because they can faint when they encounter predators, cross ditches, or even mate too intensely, so that they are easily captured by predators.
However, in captivity, their easy to faint characteristics make them the patron saint of the flock, when wolves and other predators attack the flock, the fainting sheep will faint because of the fright, attracting the attention of the wolf, so that other sheep can escape smoothly.
So in the early days, herders would raise this sheep in the flock to keep the rest of the flock safe.
Nowadays, however, due to the characteristics of fainting sheep that are frightened and transported, they have become the favorite pets of local people, and their prices have risen all the way.
Fainting sheep faint because they suffer from congenital muscle rigidity, a genetic disorder. There is a base replication error in the goat's CLCN1 gene, which causes the conductivity of chloride channels into the muscle fibers to be reduced, and after stimulation, the goat's muscle relaxation will be delayed, so that the limbs stiffen and collapse to the ground.
However, in the 14 days after the baby goat is born, there is no fainting phenomenon, and after that, the baby goat will show the trait of fainting after being stimulated. According to statistics, each fainting sheep is transported about 20 times a week, and fainting seems to have become their daily routine.
However, although fainting sheep will faint uncontrollably, their consciousness is still awake, that is, when they faint like our "ghost press", although they are conscious, they cannot move. In addition, they are out of control when they faint, so that they may suffer secondary damage during the fainting process, such as: falling from a height, fainting in the water, etc.
After the fainting sheep faints, it will generally return to normal in about 5 seconds, and in general, the fainting sheep fainting will not cause great harm to themselves, but it is best not to deliberately scare them.
Since fainting sheep arrive slightly frightened, they cannot jump over 50 cm of fences or faint. This characteristic makes them very easy to raise, and the requirements for the fence are very low, so there are many farmers who like to raise this sheep. At present, the sheep has also become a local Internet celebrity, and many people want to raise stupid cute them.
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Since fainting sheep faint on slight stimulation, can they complete mating?
In fact, although the fainting sheep are dishes, it will not take long for them to return to normal, and they will not faint again in the next half an hour or so. In this half an hour or so, the fainting sheep can complete mating without fainting, thus completing the task of passing on the generations.
The pathogenesis of fainting sheep is similar to human muscle rigidity, so today's scientists also understand this disease in humans by studying fainting sheep, and find many tonic diseases and etiological theories through fainting sheep, to some extent, the emergence of fainting sheep has found "experimental mice" for human muscle rigidity patients, which can better help human muscle rigidity patients.
In addition, because the fainting sheep often faint, driving the muscles to contract frequently, the meat content is higher, which is quite popular with farmers. However, it is said that the meat of the fainting sheep is not as good as that of other sheep.
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For us, the phenomenon that fainting sheep will faint when frightened is very interesting, but for fainting sheep, often fainting brings them a lot of inconvenience, such as: fainting is easy to cause body fractures. Moreover, fainting sheep can only survive in artificial environments, and in the wild, they will long be extinct due to the hunting of predators, and the gene will not be passed on.
However, fainting sheep are also blessed by frequent fainting, and many people raise fainting sheep no longer to attract wolves or eat meat, but to keep them as pets and live with humans.