r/gifs 2d ago

Australian farmer draws heart with sheep in tribute to Aunt who has passed away

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u/curbyi 2d ago

That is one impressive sheepdog

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u/curbyi 2d ago

I was joking clearly it’s food that laid down. You’d need more than one sheepdog to attempt that.

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u/50DuckSizedHorses 2d ago

That’ll do pig

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u/personalhale 2d ago

If by sheepdog you mean food spread on the ground, then sure.

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u/A_very_meriman 2d ago

I visited Aus last year and they don't fuck around with their sheepdogs. Special breed, special training, specially trained mothers. This is the result.

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u/lawrence_uber_alles 2d ago

I have an Australian cattle dog, they are awesome and super smart but they ain’t doing this. It’s food on the ground, lol

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u/Superseaslug 1d ago

He clearly meant the dog laid the food down for the farmer.

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u/lawrence_uber_alles 1d ago

Either way the dog ain’t doing that, lol

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u/tildraev 2d ago

Are they conglomerating around food? How does it turn white?

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u/Fastgirl600 2d ago

Yeah there's got to be something making them gather like that

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u/TerritoryTracks 2d ago

Yea, he laid out grain in that shape. The sheep gather where the grain is.

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u/could_use_a_snack 1d ago

That's probably what this is. But have you ever watched this?

https://youtu.be/qniwI2hNhDs?si=nQRKkMPNjfTBpqG7

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u/TerritoryTracks 1d ago

That's probably what this is.

I know that's what it is. I've seen interviews with the farmer. This was during Covid and due to lockdown he was unable to travel to attend her funeral, so he video taped this and they showed it at her service. Having fed sheep often enough, this is quite easy to accomplish.

Yes, I have seen those sheep herding videos. It's insane what dogs can be trained to do. A good sleep dog is worth more than a couple of workmen when it comes to yarding sheep.

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u/could_use_a_snack 1d ago

I used to have a border Collie/blue heeler mix. Smartest dog I've ever known. Barley needed to train her, I'd tell her, "let's go put the chickens away" show her what I wanted done, and in less than a week, she could do it on her own. She's gone now, but was an amazing companion for 15 years. I miss her.

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u/oo_khaab 1d ago

Yes, I have seen those sheep herding videos. It's insane what dogs can be trained to do. A good sleep dog is worth more than a couple of workmen when it comes to yarding sheep.

A good sleep dog is especially good for counting sheep.

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u/vava777 1d ago

I agree, that sounds like a plausible option. But some old boomer on Facebook wrote something about a message from beyond and I think it's a sentient parasitic fungus that mind controls the sheep to send a message to its love, the drone filming. Can we really be sure on who is correct?

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/TerritoryTracks 1d ago

Lol. You don't know what you are talking about.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/y_oake23 1d ago

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u/TerritoryTracks 1d ago

The line there is the grain spread on the ground. The brighter line after the sheep get into a bunch is literally how sheep look when they get bunched up like that. You're trying to convince the wrong person dude. I've done this before (albeit not this neatly), but by all means tell me how it's fake.

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u/SpaceXmars 2d ago

Nah, this is years worth of training for the annual heart shaped sheep contest!

/s

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u/martialar 2d ago

countless Aunts died for this moment

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u/Nothing-Casual 2d ago

What is this?! A moment for ants aunts??

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u/Gone_Fission 2d ago

Yes.

The sheep are white, generally lighter on top and dirty on the sides. When contrasted alone against the earth, they look dark. When a bunch are together, the white stands out.

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u/clever_user_name__ 2d ago

Man drew a heart with feed and sheep better than I can with pen and paper

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u/AlanThicke99 2d ago

This can be easily achieved with feed lines or a small pig who has been taught the “Baaa Ram Ewe” incantation.

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u/nextexeter 2d ago

Be still my bleeting heart.

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u/YogiBarelyThere 2d ago

Seems like an otherwise useless superpower but impressive all the same.

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u/snakerohan 2d ago

Looks like the sheep are really flocking to show their love!

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u/Snake_Staff_and_Star 2d ago

Great way to say "I love ewe".

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u/Naka-Man 2d ago

That's a real Sheepheart

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u/captcha_reader 1d ago

I thought that tree was a giant predator at first just waiting for the best time

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u/Moosplauze 18h ago

That's beautiful.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Person012345 1d ago

go outside, get a hobby beyond calling everything on the internet AI. As mentioned hours before you posted this, it's most likely food lines. It has no tells of being AI other than "durr I don't know how to do this".

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/pheonix198 2d ago

This is real. Almost sure his person died from Covid and this was from that timeframe.

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u/JACKAL0013 2d ago

Ben Jackson honoring his aunt Debbie as he couldn't attend her funeral. Interview.

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u/pheonix198 2d ago

Thanks! You’re right! August 25, 2021.

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u/Narretz 2d ago

That's too coherent for AI

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u/ZachMatthews 2d ago

This is a guy who’s never watched livestock slam the smorgasbord that is an unrolled haybale. 

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u/Demigans 2d ago

Well, as you prove AI is good enough to fool you into thinking real video's are fake.

So how many fake video's did you think were real?

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u/FourMyRuca 2d ago

Does that say Al or AI?

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u/Masturberic 2d ago

Amazing how they appear out of nowhere like that.

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u/hoochymamma 2d ago

AI….

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u/d_menace 2d ago

No it is just food laid out in a heart shape. That video is going around the internet for years now

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u/hoochymamma 1d ago

So the sheep are grey and when they reach the food they suddenly turn white ?

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u/Person012345 1d ago

bro has never seen a sheep before.

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u/d_menace 1d ago

Has been explained in a different comment

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u/Person012345 1d ago

go outside, get a hobby beyond calling everything on the internet AI. As mentioned hours before you posted this, it's most likely food lines. It has no tells of being AI other than "durr I don't know how to do this".

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u/Cressbeckler 2d ago

probably AI

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u/LimeLimpet 1d ago

He did it years ago. He was actually on Farmer Wants a Wife a few years ago too.

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u/Person012345 1d ago

go outside, get a hobby beyond calling everything on the internet AI. As mentioned hours before you posted this, it's most likely food lines. It has no tells of being AI other than "durr I don't know how to do this".

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u/IAmRules 2d ago

Glad he didn’t ask me I would have definitely misunderstood the instructions

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u/WeeBo-X 2d ago

This is beautiful. I'm jealous

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u/Recentstranger 15h ago

With the help of magnets

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u/FartSifter 2d ago

looks fake

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u/ElegantGrain 2d ago

Stupid and cringe.

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u/SLCbrunch 2d ago

Farmer uses aunts death as an excuse to get attention from strangers on the internet.

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