On the mainland, more than 90 sheep fell off the cliff and died. (Photo / Reprinted from “Dahe Daily”)
Recently, on a highway in Henan province, a shepherd took more than 100 sheep out of the cave. Suddenly the first sheep jumped off a cliff 60 meters high, and other sheep followed suit. The sheep fell off the cliff and died.
According to Dahe Daily, a friend of the shepherd, Mr. Wang, that the flocks jumped off the cliff together because two cars happened to pass by when the flocks left the cave entrance, which may have scared the flocks. Mr Wang said that his friend’s flock originally had more than 100 sheep, but now he 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 about 100,000 yuan (about NT$440,000).
Mr Wang said another habit of goats is the “herd effect” If a leader shows, other sheep will follow. After this article was exposed, netizens left comments such as “This leader’s leadership skills are very poor”, “The owner should keep a sheep dog”, “The sheep that fell from the back cannot, with the meat pad below, all dead”, “The loss is not small”, “Why did you jump down?”
It is understood that it is not uncommon for a group of sheep to jump off a cliff In 2003, 38 sheep jumped to their deaths in Xinjiang; in 2005, 1,500 sheep fell from the top of the waterfall 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 “Financial and Financial Information Zone of the Central Bank”, 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 quantities large, leading to joint buyers or sellers; The clustering behavior caused by information, etc. often leads to excessive fluctuations in the exchange rate and deviations from fundamentals, which can easily damage the overall economy.
