1963: Expert SHEEP RECOGNISER | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

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  • čas přidán 23. 03. 2024
  • The human brain is an astonishing thing, capable of amazing feats.
    Take this sheep farmer, who claims he can identify, as individuals, his whole flock of sheep. He knows each one, despite the fact that they aren’t even given names.
    Macdonald Hastings arrives to put him to the test with some woolly imposters. But he soon discovers the farmer may be able to tell sheep apart, but he isn’t nearly as good as recognising BBC presenters…
    Clip taken from Tonight, originally broadcast on BBC Television on Tuesday, 19 February 1963.
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Komentáře • 44

  • @jasonayres
    @jasonayres Před 3 měsíci +12

    I've seen a couple of videos in which the sheep in the field recognise their shepherd's voice in the distance, but this is the first video I've seen regarding good shepherds recognising their own flock.
    You certainly can't pull the wool over their eyes!

  • @robinvanags912
    @robinvanags912 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Over in the USA, this clip appeared in cinema newsreels
    - accompanying films from 20th Century Flocks and Ewe-niversal.

  • @pablolowenstein1371
    @pablolowenstein1371 Před 2 měsíci

    My dog was a sheep worrier..it would sit on the fence and shout 'Mint sauce! Mint sauce!'

  • @nancydupuis8083
    @nancydupuis8083 Před 3 měsíci

    Those sheep are adorable

  • @nadionmediagroup
    @nadionmediagroup Před 3 měsíci +3

    All those animals and people are likely dead now. This is better than a reminiscence from these people if they told the story. It’s important to have this archive.

  • @rgarlinyc
    @rgarlinyc Před 3 měsíci +4

    Ha ha ha - amazing!

  • @Mitjiva
    @Mitjiva Před 3 měsíci +4

    Great video.

  • @user-tp8qr8wm6m
    @user-tp8qr8wm6m Před 3 měsíci

    Such a lovely place. I miss it so much 😢

  • @nadionmediagroup
    @nadionmediagroup Před 3 měsíci +1

    This dude knows his inventory. It’s his living. I’m not surprised. My wife knows the serial # of every unit she has at work. It’s impressive, but the motivation is to do a good job & feeding your family. It’s a business too.

  • @machinegunjackmcgurn804
    @machinegunjackmcgurn804 Před 3 měsíci +4

    That's insane.

  • @syedalamgir5838
    @syedalamgir5838 Před 3 měsíci +1

    He is a magician..

  • @hilaryepstein6013
    @hilaryepstein6013 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Beautiful animals and now apparantly endangered.

  • @clarsach29
    @clarsach29 Před 3 měsíci +2

    lol I thought he looked like Alan Whicker too actually

  • @svmwasthesheet1971
    @svmwasthesheet1971 Před 2 měsíci

    Could one could say he's the G.O.A.T?

  • @DenkyManner
    @DenkyManner Před 3 měsíci +1

    Sheep look as different from each other as humans do. We only think we're distinctive because we have a special part of the brain for processing faces. With enough practice people can easily tell the difference between animals of the same species.

  • @sarahlouise7163
    @sarahlouise7163 Před 3 měsíci

    faaaaaaabulous

  • @nicolepowell5470
    @nicolepowell5470 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Our test of sheep all looked different to me. If you see your sheep every day I'm sure you would recognise them. 🇬🇧

  • @clioflano421
    @clioflano421 Před 3 měsíci

    No Kidding I used to love listening to radio Yorkshire,(BBC radio 4).
    I was only 3 before I went to school, hearing the accents all talk about the price of wool...then starting school & learning Ba-ba black sheep.

  • @Mkbshg8
    @Mkbshg8 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Interesting the way he had to get behind them to recognise them 😆👀

  • @DavidLeeNCSU
    @DavidLeeNCSU Před 3 měsíci +5

    “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me”
    John 10:14

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick Před 3 měsíci

      You work at NC State?

    • @DavidLeeNCSU
      @DavidLeeNCSU Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@Mick_Ts_Chick No, but I did do a lot of work there about 40 years ago for a BSEE. 😄

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@DavidLeeNCSU I'm just happy we made into the sweet 16 in the tournament. I was a freshman in 82/83 when we won the national championship with Jimmy V.

    • @DavidLeeNCSU
      @DavidLeeNCSU Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@Mick_Ts_Chick I started at State the same semester as Jimmy V. Fall 1980.

  • @MrACOUSTICPETE
    @MrACOUSTICPETE Před 3 měsíci +1

    Leave the computer at home . Trust the brain !

  • @Disco-Terry
    @Disco-Terry Před 3 měsíci +4

    This is the Welsh citizenship test.

  • @secretagentbloke
    @secretagentbloke Před 3 měsíci

    You can’t pull the wool over his eyes apparently ……

  • @imnosuperman9935
    @imnosuperman9935 Před 3 měsíci

    Psalm 23

  • @DaraM73
    @DaraM73 Před 3 měsíci +2

    EJ253 Rogan Josh. Yum.

  • @whatamalike
    @whatamalike Před 3 měsíci

    Wales 😅

  • @nellyfett2681
    @nellyfett2681 Před 3 měsíci

    A lot of his sheep have numbers painted on the side, probably the ones that don't!

  • @johngammon963
    @johngammon963 Před 3 měsíci +27

    Ah, back when England was a nice place to live.

    • @DenkyManner
      @DenkyManner Před 3 měsíci +10

      It still is if you haven't ruined your own life by blaming other people for all your problems.

    • @EntirelyPointlessContent
      @EntirelyPointlessContent Před 3 měsíci +3

      Okay John Gammon

    • @bemo98
      @bemo98 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Well…

    • @bid84
      @bid84 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@DenkyMannerin fairness England has gone to the dogs, I say this as an outsider.

    • @sarahhart7404
      @sarahhart7404 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Lol I live in Pembrokeshire in Wales what about us?

  • @davidrenton
    @davidrenton Před měsícem

    the Welsh do it better, they can recognise any sheep , from behind

  • @Firkinnel
    @Firkinnel Před 3 měsíci +2

    Ah the good old days when men were men !

    • @Firkinnel
      @Firkinnel Před 3 měsíci +4

      And sheep were nervous !

  • @wellnessgirl2806
    @wellnessgirl2806 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Jesus is the true good shepherd 'i know my flock.'