【Historical Live Broadcast】Watching videos and being seen by our ancestors

I've seen people keep cows and pigs as pets.

Why is it that almost no one keeps sheep as pets?

[The little lamb is so cute]

[Anyone asking this kind of question is obviously a country bumpkin who's never raised sheep.]

[Because anyone who has raised sheep wouldn't ask this question.]

Instead, I kept thinking about why it was pushing against me.

[A dog biting someone might be justified by protecting its food, but a sheep, anytime, anywhere, will charge straight at you without any warning.]

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Even passing dogs get bumped.

Our ancestors did consider taming this thing.

However, it was discovered that its intelligence was too low and its obedience was poor.

[It's impossible to tame it by raising it; it can only be cooked by stewing it in a pot. Plus, it has a strong odor and might burst open with pearls at any time, so I gave up on it.]

If you still don't understand how fiery a sheep's temper can be...

Do you know the Qinling killer, the antelope?

Although it's called a cow, it actually belongs to the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae, and is more closely related to sheep.

[It has the physique of a cow, the temperament of a sheep, and immense destructive power.]

Strangely, they don't attack humans when they're gathered together.

But once it gets separated from its prey, it will rush at any human it sees and lift them into the air.

It doesn't eat meat; it's just using it to vent its anger.

[Together they're cowards, separately they're murderers]

As a city dweller who had never raised sheep, Mu Yu was filled with doubt and curiosity even when watching videos of sheep butting people and being unsuitable as pets. Could such docile little lambs really butt people?

Even if it were to push someone, how much strength could a little lamb possibly have?

The idea that someone with low intelligence is unsuitable to be a pet because they might butt people is a bit of an exaggeration.

Until she opened the comments section of a forum called the Sheep Farming Victims Alliance and read the testimonies of many victims:

"She automatically unlocked her body shape when she was just over ten days old; she was cuter when she was little."

"You're too good to me, I'm going to punch you too!"

"My mom said that when I was little, my grandpa bought a mother goat with a lamb so that I could drink goat milk. When the lamb was six months old, it saw that I was the only small one in the house and butted me. I climbed onto the tractor, and the lamb jumped on and almost butted me to death [crying]"

"They're really hard to tame. I remember when I was little, my family raised more than a dozen Boer goats. Every time I went to herd them, the old goats would block the door for me [crying][crying][crying][crying]. I always cried when I went to herd them."

"I remember crying and begging to raise sheep when I was little, but the lambs pooped and had diarrhea on the balcony. My mom said she felt like the sky was falling. She cried and cried when she had to give the sheep away. She kept raising them despite her worries, but eventually gave them away."

"Everyone has eaten mutton offal soup, right? Such a big sheep, but its brain is so small, how much intelligence do you expect it to carry!"

There are docile ones, but you have to be selective; they're rare. And most of these creatures aren't naturally friendly; they're easily startled, and their hooves are incredibly painful when they step on you. I've been stepped on several times, and I was so angry that I ate two extra pounds of their second uncle's hooves during the New Year!

"I studied veterinary medicine in college, which requires me to help out at the school farm regularly. I was cleaning the sheepfold when a calf jumped on my back and ate my hair [cheers, yellow face]"

"It destroys things more than a husky, is more stubborn than a donkey, has virtually no obedience, and its poop and pee smell terrible. This creature is only good for eating and shaving. Keeping it as a pet is like giving yourself an ancestor [laughing][thumbs up]"

"It's curious about everything, eats everything, butts people all the time, and is very strong. A few days ago, it accidentally ate a plastic glove [facepalm]"

"Sheep have really strange tempers. Other animals give warning signs before they get angry, but sheep do it without any warning [shocked][shocked]. They might let you touch them and be friendly one second, and then they'll butt you the next [sending flowers][sending flowers]"

"The sheep nudged me, I hit the sheep, and the dog saw me hitting the sheep and came to bite me [laughing]"

"My grandma has three lambs. The weakest one keeps butting me. I feel sorry for him and let him nurse more from his mother. But as soon as I finished feeding him, he butted me again [hugs]. He has no conscience at all [hugs]. You heartless lamb!"

"If all else fails, give it some loofah soup. It's not good for it to be so irritable all the time [stern face]"

"When I was little, I was feeding water to the sheep, wearing a floral dress. While feeding another sheep, I felt someone lift up my dress. I turned around and saw a sheep chewing on the hem of my dress. [punk]"

"When I was little, I raised sheep. They would steal chili sauce and rub their mouths against the wall because it was so spicy. They would also steal meat. When I went out to feed them grass, they would stop eating it themselves and eat the grass from my hand. When I was little, I could beat them, but I can't anymore now that I'm older."

"Pigs and cows are intelligent and obedient, but sheep are neither. My grandfather used to raise sheep, and he said that sheep are stupid and it's no use trying to train them."

Pigs, if trained, can even be kept as pets. Small ones, like miniature pigs, my grandpa got me one when I was little. It was so much fun! When it got dirty, it didn't have much fur, so you could just rinse it with water and wipe it with a towel. It was so well-behaved and cute, and didn't squeal. It was more fun than cats and dogs, and it was intelligent, about the level of a young child.

"It's alright. I've been herding sheep every day for over ten years. When I was seven or eight, I herded cattle alone. When I was herding sheep with the adults, I fell down while stepping on the sheep rope and knocked out one or two teeth."

A cow can charge at a person, and a sheep can butt a person.

Sheep play with you by butting your head, what's there to think about? Sheep love to poop and pee anywhere, and they also like to lick their own poop and pee, and they also like to lick people's pee [awkward laugh].

What are you afraid of, sheep? You can subdue it. The problem is it's unhygienic [smile]. It's cute, but it loves to lick its own poop and pee, and it likes it a lot. It will come up and bite whatever you're eating [facepalm].

Foodie under the sky: Anyway, I don't like keeping sheep or pigs as pets. Not only do they poop every day, but they also have an indescribable smell. For someone like me who hates trouble, they are most delicious when they become roast suckling pigs or lamb skewers.

"What, you find it troublesome to raise them, but not to clean them up when it's time to feed them?" a friend joked from the side.

Hey, how can these be the same?

Being a pet is a hassle to clean up. You just finish cleaning up, and it turns around and makes a mess again. But being food is different. Although it's a bit of a hassle at first, it gets more and more delicious. When you open the pot, it's a delicious dish that can be served at a banquet.

Take today for example. My family just moved to Beijing, and my father personally cooked a whole roasted lamb for our housewarming party. Do you want to come over?

Of course, of course, it would be an honor.

My friend, who is also a foodie, was naturally excited to hear about this delicious food.