On the mainland, more than 90 sheep fell off the cliff and died. (Picture / Reprinted from “Dahe Daily”)
Recently, on a highway in Henan Province, a shepherd brought more than 100 sheep out of the cave. Suddenly the first sheep jumped off a 60-meter-high cliff, and other sheep followed suit. The sheep fell off the cliff and died.
according to“Dahe Daily”” reported that the shepherd’s friend, Mr. Wang, said that the sheep would jump off the cliff collectively because two cars happened to pass by when the sheep exited the cave, which may have been frightened by the sheep. Mr. Wang said that his friend’s flock originally had more than 100 sheep, but now it has lost more than 90 sheep. Those sheep that died were sold at a low price on the same day to reduce the loss, and the loss was regarding 100,000 yuan (regarding NT$440,000).
Mr. Wang said that another habit of goats is the “herd effect”. If a leader demonstrates, other sheep will follow. After this article was exposed, netizens commented, “This leader’s leadership skills are really poor”, “The owner should keep a sheepdog”, “The sheep that fell from the back, with the meat pad below, can’t all die”, ” The loss is not small”, “Why did you jump down?”
It is understood that it is not uncommon for sheep groups to jump off cliffs. In 2003, 38 sheep jumped to their deaths in Xinjiang; in 2005, 1,500 sheep rushed down from the cliff tops of waterfalls in Turkey, and 450 died; in 2017, there were also sheep in the Pyrenees Mountains. 209 sheep died by jumping off a cliff to avoid being chased by a brown bear.
In addition, the herd effect can also be applied to economics. According to the “Central Bank Monetary and Financial Knowledge Zone”, why does the herd effect often occur in the foreign exchange market? This is because participants in the foreign exchange market are often affected by market-specific information, or because of the actions of a few people, many people follow suit and buy or sell in large quantities, resulting in collective buyers or sellers; The clustering behavior caused by information, etc. often leads to excessive exchange rate fluctuations and deviations from fundamentals, which can easily hurt the overall economy.
