Tramper attacked by flying sheep in Ireland

Quite believable Got to look out in sheep yards when they decide to start leaping about :)

"They don't fly so much as plummet".

Are we sure it was a sheep?

It might have been a drop-bear!

I was surprised by a young wild ram trying a similar thing on me when I was in the Central Hawkes Bay back country cutover bush. Luckily I managed to see it in my peripheral vision and side stepped then got behind a tree after being hit by a glancing blow. The ram came back for two more goes but copped a solid whack from a stick I picked up at each attempt. It then gave up and walked away. I was bruised for a week or so but not badly hurt. On another occasion a large billy jumped off a two meter or so high rock to try and butt me but I saw it coming and it missed. One whack with a stick and it left me alone.

World wide nearly 5 times as many people are killed by herbivorous animals than by carnivores.

>World wide nearly 5 times as many people are killed by herbivorous animals than by carnivores. I would disagree. Mosquitos are the most deadly animals to people, sucking peoples blood makes then carnivores I would think. The next most deadly animal to humans is probably other humans, most of whom are omnivores.