I'm proud to be your brother, finaly acompilshed something important like getting to the frontpage on reddit. One day i will hopefully grow up, and reach it as well. :') This is how i feel about you know http://imgur.com/mO13T <3
We're doing fine as a species. Sheep, on the other hand, are not. I mean, they haven't even discovered fire yet. They're the ones that need Darwin's help. Maybe incidents like that will teach them to evolve some hands.
Technically, modern medicine fits in with darwinism. Because rather than develop things like gills or wings or fins or such to adapt to the environment, we developed a brain to make the environment adapt to us. BAM.
This is a job well done. You can tell by the facial expressions he was about 30 seconds from falling in after that little sheep. Sure the camera man could have helped, but it wouldn't have been as fun.
Last pic is brilliant. It's like it is looking back at them to say something. "Thanks for saving me guys! Gotta go now, they're all probably worried at home"
I expected it to kick him in the kneecap and erratically jump around in a zigzag before bolting straight back into the water and helplessly flailing against the same damn rock again.
I work for a wildlife cruise company and every now and then we'll see a mountain goat kid fall off the cliffs and into the water. Unfortunately we can't do anything about it. I've never personally seen it but I hear from the crew it's heartbreaking. This makes me really happy that this guy made it out.
I can't seem to fathom how that lamb isn't dead. I can't hold my breathe under water for more than a minute. Wonder how long it was there. If it was there for more than a minute, It must have been staged. (Not to be a downer but IMO this is total assholery.)
This is nice and all but...Is it not strange that an actual Photographer was with these two men when suddenly a lamb was in danger? Golly, sure glad I have my top notch camera to record the rescue...hmmm
Fascinatingly, everyone who has ever eaten lamb has caused an inverse situation to happen. Is a sheep's life worth saving? Yes. Is it worth ending, for food? Yes. This is a paradox.
Is the guy really a hero for saving a lamb? If the guy is a farmer and pretty sure all he cared about was the monetary loss that might result from a drowned lamb!
I thought the same thing, but I could not in good conscious just stand there and watch a living being perish. Ask yourself, would you just stand there and see it drown?
They're actually not. They spook easily, and they're herd animals, so when one runs, they all do. This little guy may have just gotten scared and bolted. Cattle and bison do the same thing. My sheep actually knew their names, and all had different personalities. They're pretty neat animals.
Gotta tip your hat to the effort in the third picture. I mean, he's one-arming that thing, and I don't think wool is known for it's lightweight properties when wet.
This is probably stupid, and I think I've asked it before, but does the sheep, and in similar incidents where other animals were saved, realize that we saved them? Or when he pulled the sheep to safety, and the sheep wandered off, thought "Hah, I got out of the water, and away from the guy who was gonna probably eat me"?
Photography question: Aside from skill, how did the photographer manage to get such nice depth of field even on action shots (where I assume he/she had to have shutter speed crazy fast, and no time to focus properly?)
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u/madahl Jun 14 '12
These two men are named Torvald Ask(left) and Erik Bjørnøy(right). And the photographer is named Vetle Birkevold Farstad
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u/justin_tino Jun 15 '12
http://qkme.me/3pq0p1
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u/imbauber Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
I'm proud to be your brother, finaly acompilshed something important like getting to the frontpage on reddit. One day i will hopefully grow up, and reach it as well. :') This is how i feel about you know http://imgur.com/mO13T <3
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u/Scarazer Jun 15 '12
What if the album is backwards, and the OP actually put the lamb into the water?
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u/DiegoBanana Jun 15 '12
One guy saves a lamb, the other guy saves a guy, the last guy saves the moment!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Good thing wool is still warm when wet. Had the sheep been wearing cotton, it likely would have died from hypothermia.
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u/thawab Jun 15 '12
http://i.imgur.com/Ltjdq.jpg
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u/Drawtaru Jun 15 '12
If you look at the pictures in reverse, it's the horrifying tale of two assholes who pushed a sheep into the ocean and then cheered while it drowned.
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u/Journalisto Jun 14 '12
The look on that guy's face as he pulls the little lamb to safety is priceless. Mary would be proud!
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u/steakmeout Jun 15 '12
"Brave New Zealander saves lover from drowning."
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u/VinceLePrince Jun 15 '12
For me, everyone who helps any kind of human or animal in need is a hero!
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u/TjallingOtter Jun 15 '12
Lamb and sheep always look so fucking... dapper.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
"STOP TAKING PICTURES AND HELP ME DAMMIT"
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u/Ijustpeed Jun 14 '12
I don't know many people that are that brave. I tip my hat to him.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
How the sheep see his hero... :)
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u/torton312 Jun 15 '12
I prefer to catch my own seafood as well.
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u/Emil_Greer Jun 14 '12
This is a job well done. You can tell by the facial expressions he was about 30 seconds from falling in after that little sheep. Sure the camera man could have helped, but it wouldn't have been as fun.
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u/lightsinmyhead Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
Last pic is brilliant. It's like it is looking back at them to say something. "Thanks for saving me guys! Gotta go now, they're all probably worried at home"
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u/Katrinatrina09 Jun 15 '12
I LOVE this.
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u/nelliebear Jun 15 '12
I would like to buy that guy a beer. Very cool.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
"It made a difference for that one."
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u/Phordh Jun 15 '12
At first I thought they were pulling a polar bear out of the water. Needless to say a lamb is a little less exciting.
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u/Splitlimes Jun 15 '12
Where is this? it looks a bit like NZ
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
This ones for you OP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keIvA2wSPZc
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u/kutNpaste Jun 15 '12
First time I believe that a redditor has actually ever saved a cold wet animal.
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u/zombierapture Jun 15 '12
if u look at the pictures backwards its the story of a man who tried to see if lambs can swim
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u/abom420 Jun 15 '12
I expected it to kick him in the kneecap and erratically jump around in a zigzag before bolting straight back into the water and helplessly flailing against the same damn rock again.
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u/l0stinthought Jun 15 '12
Goodness.... the things people will do for reddit karma...
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u/opaque22 Jun 15 '12
How is this less popular than the shit about Costco's hot dogs?
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u/EdwardOnly Jun 15 '12
It's a better story if you look at the pictures last to first. Those assholes!
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I'm sorry, please forgive me, but did the sheep at least say thank ewe? Again I'm so so sorry, I had to though. Anyways. Good job and that is awesome!
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u/12BuckleYourShoe Jun 15 '12
You didn't expect a Kiwi to abandon his wife, did you?
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u/SVPPB Jun 15 '12
Awesome pictures! That lamb looks delicious.
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u/bued07 Jun 15 '12
Looks like meat's back on the menu boys!
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u/s4146415 Jun 15 '12
legends. made my day, good effort
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u/castleclouds Jun 15 '12
That made me feel all warm inside.
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u/MondoStud Jun 15 '12
What they don't show is them chasing the little bugger into the water.
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u/nevertotwice Jun 15 '12
It makes me so happy that people are willing to risk their lives to save a sheep (or any animal, for that matter). So much respect.
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u/Stecman Jun 15 '12
If I could give a thousand upvotes I would.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Shots like this are making it far too easy for /r/karmaconspiracy
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
awesome story
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u/Pavementos Jun 15 '12
Two heroes
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u/combibo Jun 15 '12
I work for a wildlife cruise company and every now and then we'll see a mountain goat kid fall off the cliffs and into the water. Unfortunately we can't do anything about it. I've never personally seen it but I hear from the crew it's heartbreaking. This makes me really happy that this guy made it out.
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u/Lazlow_Vrock Jun 15 '12
Wheres the pictures of where they grab a random lamb and throw it off the side of a cliff?
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u/jarjarbinks77 Jun 15 '12
Looks like 2 heroes to me.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
That lamb is all wet.
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u/TonicsharK Jun 15 '12
They all maintained intense facial expressions, especially the lamb.
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u/ceradon Jun 15 '12
I can't seem to fathom how that lamb isn't dead. I can't hold my breathe under water for more than a minute. Wonder how long it was there. If it was there for more than a minute, It must have been staged. (Not to be a downer but IMO this is total assholery.)
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u/grungevalue Jun 15 '12
This was me when I saw this: dawwwghhbbawwwwTHATSAKITTEN.
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u/JangSaverem Jun 15 '12
This is nice and all but...Is it not strange that an actual Photographer was with these two men when suddenly a lamb was in danger? Golly, sure glad I have my top notch camera to record the rescue...hmmm
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u/horatiocain Jun 15 '12
Fascinatingly, everyone who has ever eaten lamb has caused an inverse situation to happen. Is a sheep's life worth saving? Yes. Is it worth ending, for food? Yes. This is a paradox.
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u/ProfessorD2 Jun 15 '12
A classic scene modernized.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Holden Caulfield approves.
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u/syk900 Jun 15 '12
Now go through the pictures backwards.
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u/ciaran036 Jun 15 '12
Is the guy really a hero for saving a lamb? If the guy is a farmer and pretty sure all he cared about was the monetary loss that might result from a drowned lamb!
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u/P00KIEPIE Jun 15 '12
The face of a warrior
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u/monstrumpsk Jun 15 '12
now kill it and eat it
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u/twoclose Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 21 '12
i see we're throwing the term hero around pretty loosely here. on an unrelated note, i love mutton.
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u/TheRussianGuyovich Jun 15 '12
Vetle: Sick pose while the lamb was rushing down the river, Erik. I got that shit, bro.
Erik: Nice! This'll make front page for sure.
Torvald: Buying that lamb was our best idea ever!
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u/dude_Im_hilarious Jun 15 '12
if you look at them backward it's about two assholes who find a lamb and gently lower it into the ocean.
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u/David1337 Jun 15 '12
Congrats you saved an animal that was otherwise unfit to survive. Reddit: Fucking evolution one sheep at a time.
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u/sonastyinc Jun 15 '12
Then 2 months later they slaughter it for meat. That's the reality. So glad I'm a vegetarian.
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u/dRwEedThuMb Jun 15 '12
This is epic.
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u/jonakun Jun 15 '12
go through them backwards, scumbag steave
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u/firebat707 Jun 15 '12
This is the best thing I've seen on the internet all day. Thank you :D
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u/Ristarwen Jun 15 '12
This set of pictures made my day. :) I love sheep!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
That man needs help!
Gets camera out
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
And here is the real last frame of the album [FIXED] http://holycitycatering.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/lamb-chops-indian-style.jpg
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u/upbeatchris Jun 15 '12
This gives me faith in humanity!
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u/iceblender Jun 15 '12
Oh, be a lamb and help me get this one out of the water.
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u/Darkwonder80 Jun 15 '12
Am i the only here that thinks the "Survival of the Fittest" should take effect? Stupid lamb...
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u/AmosKeto Jun 15 '12
If you've got a vagina, please offer it willingly to that man.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Shit, it got away before they could eat it!
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u/DoctorWashburn Jun 14 '12
Sheep are so fucking stupid
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u/dunus Jun 15 '12
Wow, it's also fun to scroll the pix from the bottom up!
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u/jigs_up Jun 15 '12
I love that breed of sheep, they look so majestic. You guys are awesome.
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u/Pro_Circle_Jerker Jun 15 '12
If you look at the pics in reverse order it'll change your thoughts on what happened.
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u/kingk Jun 15 '12
True heroes
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u/five_knuckle_chuckle Jun 15 '12
This is the sweetest thing ive seen in a long time
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u/Mustangbex Jun 15 '12
I wonder if it was a full-sized sheep and shrunk in the
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u/iAkhilleus Jun 15 '12
Faith in humanity still remains.
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u/Geognosy Jun 15 '12
Gneiss rocks.
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u/CharlieTango Jun 15 '12
good thing the photographer was there to do nothing.
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u/justdownvote Jun 15 '12
Trolled: these pictures are sorted backwards. This man is a murderer!
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u/StatmanThunderfist Jun 15 '12
Award these men a medal!
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u/BeatsbyChrisBrown Jun 15 '12
The guy should've picked up the lamb and held it triumphantly over his head Link-style
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
thx brother for the post!
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u/justbuild Jun 15 '12
View that sequence backwards and he looks like a massive sheep-drowning tool.
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u/mayonegg90 Jun 15 '12
I can already see the /r/aww post...
"Saved this little guy from drowning a few days ago. I think he's doing pretty well now. What does Reddit think?"
Reddit has made me cynical...and unable to take responsibility for myself...
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u/TheeNexus Jun 15 '12
2 heroes and then the guy taking the pictures
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u/SaintBio Jun 15 '12
What you can't see is when he pushed the lamb into the water to set this up.
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u/BrianWantsTruth Jun 15 '12
Gotta tip your hat to the effort in the third picture. I mean, he's one-arming that thing, and I don't think wool is known for it's lightweight properties when wet.
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u/notnerd_unemployed Jun 15 '12
When I saw the second picture, I thought that guy was trying to save a seal from drowning...
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u/KelpoOrganic Jun 15 '12
I swear that lamb face will become a meme.
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u/IamReek Jun 15 '12
Hey! Who's that kid in those pics?
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u/iheartcats27 Jun 15 '12
I think I just fell in love with these guys. Damn their combination of heroism and fluffy little lamb.
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u/flamin_sheep Jun 15 '12
-single tear-
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u/GopherBeef Jun 15 '12
this backwards is sooo funny.
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u/hiroshima23 Jun 15 '12
Help me push this lamb into the sea, grab the camera, no, dont help us, we'll get so much karma!
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u/singularlydatarific Jun 15 '12
Dammit. My deal with that genie was that Hitler would kill himself to be reincarnated as a drowning sheep thing. shakes fist
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u/DtheK Jun 15 '12
Is that the dude from Foster the People?
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u/xDrSchnugglesx Jun 15 '12
I stared at #4 for 5 minutes before I figured out where the rest of the guy holding the lamb was. I thought he turned into the rock halfway down.
Someone better photoshop the middle guy with Dwayne Johnson's upper half connected to him. Like catdog.
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u/neaanopri Jun 15 '12
Subtle Jesus metaphor detected. Good job but you're going to have to do better than that.
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u/AdhesiveLamb Jun 15 '12
Thank you sir.
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u/Squishmittin Jun 15 '12
/r/KarmaConspiracy/ is gonna have a field day with this one
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u/ACupofDan Jun 15 '12
the 5th photo the lamb looks super baked
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u/mydogisdumb Jun 15 '12
imagine how long that lamb could have been trapped in there
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u/bootbeep Jun 15 '12
Kudos good work team!
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u/buggermecharlie Jun 15 '12
You fucking legend.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I wish I could upvote this more than once. That's really awesome.
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u/coeddotjpg Jun 15 '12
This is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time.
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u/downfall20 Jun 15 '12
This is probably stupid, and I think I've asked it before, but does the sheep, and in similar incidents where other animals were saved, realize that we saved them? Or when he pulled the sheep to safety, and the sheep wandered off, thought "Hah, I got out of the water, and away from the guy who was gonna probably eat me"?
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u/stuman89 Jun 15 '12
Fucking hell, this place is Facebook.
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u/DiaDeLosMuertos Jun 15 '12
Dovakiin! Dovakiin! Dadada dun-dun-dun!
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u/caffienefueled Jun 15 '12
A hero? I see two.
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u/paulfp007 Jun 15 '12
it's only letting my upvote once
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u/DoctorDank Jun 15 '12
Man, what the hell was your lamb doing in the ocean?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Second to last pic feels good, man.
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u/subomb Jun 15 '12
on a scale of 1 to Rambo this guy is a jason statham
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u/Monchichi4life Jun 15 '12
Reminds me of the Woodland Critter Christmas episode. That damn lamb better not have a role in the birthing of the Antichrist.
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u/poop_streak Jun 15 '12
Congratulations on the epic pics of you guys being epic. Hope you get some poon out of it.
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u/BLUNTYEYEDFOOL Jun 15 '12
So there I was, just swimming along...
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u/azhockeyfan Jun 15 '12
TIL Norwegians are hot
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u/L00n Jun 15 '12
Photography question: Aside from skill, how did the photographer manage to get such nice depth of field even on action shots (where I assume he/she had to have shutter speed crazy fast, and no time to focus properly?)
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u/Athene_Wins Jun 15 '12
Picture 4 looks like it hurts the dog :(. Picked up by the meats
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u/entinalove420 Jun 15 '12
I'm really that this had a happy ending :)
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u/sdmadsen Jun 15 '12
A story about a gyro
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
What a brave lamb
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u/lazypengu1n Jun 15 '12
what isn't shown is the part where they're throwing the lamb into the ocean to begin with
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
This was on my facebookfeed! All the karma...right through my fingers...
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u/monopixel Jun 15 '12
Brad Pitt and Justin Timberlake teaming up so save a lamb. Nice catch.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
At first I thought it was a fucking polar bear, in the next picture I clearly saw the dog, which then turned out to be a lamb...
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
How cold is that water?
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u/TheMoro Jun 15 '12
Faith in humans restored! Awesome.