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This clip is from QI Series N, Episode 6, 'Night' with Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Noel Fielding, David Mitchell and Holly Walsh.

[@DarkLordoftheMeme]

My ex worked at Chester zoo, she told me a tree collapsing in a storm brought down a section of the lion enclosure's fence. Apparently one of the keepers came to work that morning and found a confused looking lion standing in the path in front of him. He just rolled his eyes and shooed it back into its den!

[@TheKmanKVSC]

🙄 don't you just HATE it when Lion gets out.

[@iagree5313]

Brilliant!!

[@immortalsofar5314]

Twycross zoo had a vulture who would occasionally escape and disappear for a few days before getting sick of being mobbed by pigeons and turning up sheepishly back at its cage waiting to be let back in.

[@lewisirwin5363]

Apparently Auckland Zoo used to have a gorilla who delighted in escaping his cage to push prams around the park.

[@welshpete12]

@@lewisirwin5363 What a wonderful story !

[@lhfirex]

Night of the Horrified Sheep sounds like the kind of horror comedy/parody I'd want to watch.

[@justvin7214]

Try Black Sheep, it's a NZ horror film. It's pretty good.

[@daxriley8195]

It sounds like it would star Wallace and Gromit :)

[@kingda117]

Rustic lads on a night out?

[@CailenCambeul]

@@justvin7214 Almost exactly what I was going to say. Good one. Thumbs Up for you :D

[@MrFlashpoint1978]

@@justvin7214 I was going to suggest that as well. Great minds think alike

[@Cchogan]

Years ago, I was working on a series of ads with John Noaks about keeping dogs on leads. We needed some scared sheep and other sheep sound effects. So, I knew a farmer, I grabbed my Nagra tape recorder, and off I went. I got lots of dog barking (from his dogs), and happily bleating sheep who were completely ignoring the dogs. But "scared sheep" there were none. Not until later when the sheep and their cute little lambs were herded into a big barn. "Ready?" asked the farmer, who then turned the light out. Suddenly, a hundred ewes could no longer see their lambs. You should have heard the racket! Mass panicking everywhere.

[@pennygreening9210]

That's quite interesting

[@anonincognito617]

QI indeed.

[@gijgij4541]

Awwww, nasty farmer...

[@babboon5764]

@@gijgij4541 But an illuminating one?

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

That so mean!

[@OurJynx]

(1:36) Fun fact, in the book, "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?" by Caitlin Doughty, she does outline that what Alan says is - in fact - true. After a few days, given your dead body isn't discovered and your cat can't get out or find something else to eat, they'll go after things like your eyelids, lips or cheeks - flesh that's looser and easier to get into if they're hungry enough. Nobody really asked, but hey, it's all quite interesting.

[@songbird7450]

That's why cat owners are better than dog owners, we're feeding our babies even after we've died 😎

[@frankupton5821]

@@songbird7450 Wouldn't a dog start to eat its deceased owner, or are dogs too thick?

[@OurJynx]

@@frankupton5821 In the same book, Caitlin actually mentions a case where an old woman's body was found dead from a stroke with multiple bite marks of varied severity, and it was discovered that the dog had resorted to biting it's owner, thinking she'd passed out, trying to rouse her. Relative intelligence aside, that dog definitely was concerned. Edit: Also, the answer is yes, dogs have also shown signs of exhibiting that same survivalist behaviour, it just seems to vary per breed.

[@ppleeatpple]

I love her! She has a youtube channel with all sorts of fun and interesting facts that many QI viewers would def find interesting as well. Here's her video about pets after their owner died kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3jVY36djKesbbc

[@telectronix1368]

@@songbird7450 Cat owners are also enablers of VAST killing of local wildlife, including when ol' Catty McCatface has plenty of food at home. Really. Vast wildlife deaths. Whereas dogs kill almost no other animals.

[@estefencosta1835]

I think that Tokyo zoo demonstration proves conclusively that everything will be just fine in the event of animal escape.

[@Gusebio]

Probably missing a huge current event, but do you mind if I ask why?

[@johanvajse8410]

tell that to the 2 guys the tiger killed when it escaped

[@slowhoon]

@@Gusebio Watch the video again, from the 3.06 mark...

[@DavidJashi]

No it won't. Google "2015 Tbilisi flood zoo"

[@brettjohnson536]

Honeslty, if a tiger did escape from London zoo, I would imagine it would probably just wander around confused until it was caught. That's assuming it didn't get hit by a car within the first 10 minutes of being in a city. Plus it would really be that hard to avoid it as a random person in London.

[@eternyti]

My guess is what horrified those sheep was the The Silence of the Lambs.

[@philipmonihan8222]

You just had to go there...

[@ev6558]

*ba dum tsss*

[@insaincaldo]

Apparently so.

[@Maerahn]

Yep, sheep are ridiculous. I once spent a very entertaining half-hour or so watching a whole flock of sheep running chaotically from one side of their field to the other and back again, over and over. The reason? One sheep at the head of the flock did it randomly one time, noticed that all the other sheep followed him and, because he was an asshole, thought to himself "Hah! So... if I am truly King of The Sheep, these are my Loyal Subjects, and they will follow me to the ends of the earth! Let's try it out then..." I mean, you could practically see the thought process in his little woolly head, in the way he stared at them all afterwards, looked across to the opposite side of the field, back at all other sheep, and then charged off again. *He knew exactly what he was doing, and he was loving every second of it.*

[@tonysuffolk]

I keep a few pet sheep. They are quite smart individually but seem to become more stupid as a group. I guess part of the flight instinct.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

@@tonysuffolk you could easily say the same thing about humans

[@OnyxHC]

@@Alucard-gt1zf Get out of the internet alucard

[@baileyrob]

@@Alucard-gt1zf Hahah true

[@TheSpoegefugl]

Wasn't there also a story about an orangutan in a zoo that regularly broke out, but it didn't really do much other than go around the zoo and look at the other animals?

[@Okabim]

Ken Allen the orangutan!

[@jimpickins7900]

yeah but he didn't buy a ticket so they had to politely ask him to get back in the cage

[@davidshi451]

Honestly surprised no one made a Silence of the Lambs joke! "Have the sheep stopped screaming, Sandi?"

[@TheKharliabee]

A binturong escaped from Australia zoo once. I live about 10 minutes away from them. They announced it on the radio to keep an eye out. Found him a few days later in a mango tree a suburb over. Wish I had been the one who found him. It was hilarious.

[@gijgij4541]

A WHAT? Just Googled, quite cute, aren't they.

[@bigbearrecordingstudio7921]

If that's what David Mitchell usually wears to sleep then I'm more jealous of Victoria Coren than ever

[@bugsby4663]

I used to have many sheep and they play silly buggers when you try to count them so it's actually really stressful.

[@LeornianCyng]

This was one of my favourite episodes ever. One to watch, whilst curled up at night before bed. Holly and David on the same side of the desk is a dream QI episode. David’s logic rants mixed with Holly’s weird sense of humour and anecdotes, resulting in Sandi trying not to piss herself laughing or just being shocked at Holly’s facts “What kind of world do you live in?, people pissing kettles etc…” lol. I kind of wish they brought back the armchair set from series D for this episode.

[@welshpete12]

I used to work in a small railway signal box , miles out in the county side in rural Wales . A dog ,got in a field behind the box, with sheep and young lambs in it. All the sheep got in a circle facing outward . With the lambs in the middle , protecting their young .

[@MCPhssthpok]

I have to wonder why they didn't get the gorilla keeper to dress up as a gorilla

[@mfollett3613]

Maybe dressing up as a gorilla would have better. But it would have scared the visitors to the zoo. Thousands of desperate parents and kids trying to get out of the way. Screaming and shouting, even if they we told it was test for the staff only. I would have voted for the fake gorilla.. Anothher point, why did they have to pretend to kill this zebra, what's wrong with sedation?

[@martinpoole1451]

You get the Zebra keeper to do that.

[@litigioussociety4249]

Maybe she's a furry, and just happened to have a zebra fursuit at home.

[@joshcorbett9674]

@@mfollett3613 Looking at the gun it looks to me as a tranq gun, in most zoos, especially rather good ones such as Tokyo zoo, there is only authorisation for euthanasia if there is an immediate and pressing danger to the public, which wouldnt be a zebra

[@TallSilentGuy]

Ever see the film Trading Places?

[@joyl7842]

Interestingly one of the major concerns in 1997 when the Oder flooded large portions of western Poland were the animals escaping from the zoo's. I mean, your day is gonna get at least twice as bad if your house is flooded and you're stood in crocodile infested floodwaters.

[@davidyoung5114]

Has anyone heard when the next series of Q.I. (S) will air? I hope they do one on Science Fiction, and have Susan Calman, Joe Lycett, and Holly Walsh on again as panelists, as the Quests Part 2 episode was one of the best Q.I. shows ever!

[@bloodink9508]

I imagine counting sheep came simply from a restless shepherd performing making ghemselves feels secure. Likely a shepherd feeling anxious might worry about his flock and thusly would count them to ensure that all was well. Then feeling reassured would be more like to fall asleep.

[@christopherdean1326]

As a resident of Wales, I can in fact confirm that sheep are certifiably insane! Times without number, I have been driving past sheep that are grazing some way from the road, and when they hear me coming, they will run to safety ACROSS THE ROAD!!!

[@bazza945]

Maybe they thought you were the English?

[@christopherdean1326]

@@bazza945 I am "the English". Moved here a couple of years ago! running away I can totally understand, it's the running FROM a place of safety, TO a place of danger that puzzles me.

[@rewboss]

Dear editor: Please normalize the audio to 0dB. This isn't a classic broadcast medium, and I don't want to have to turn the volume up for the video and be ready to turn it down it down again before the ads come on.

[@Chris44sun]

Pretty sure thats how panic buying works too

[@isabellaangeline2175]

0:30 I actually watched a video about this recently and apparently it happened twice, a few years apart. It is actually a really interesting story.

[@DavidJashi]

Well, I can tell you, what happens, if animals from the Zoo break loose. Witnessed it during 2015 flood in Tbilisi. You get a town full of frightened, unfit for wild life predators, being haunted down and shot by police and army, you get bears sitting on outside units of air conditioners, you get a baffled hippo waking up on the main square and being herded back to his enclosure like a cow, you get a f$#ing Jumanji all over the f$#ing place.

[@heavymetaloldman2530]

I watch Sandy on ABC here in Australia

[@JackDManheim]

If 70,000 kittens ran past me, I am pretty sure that I would die. More specifically, I would be suffocated to death. Not because I'm allergic to them (which I am), but because cats are nocturnal ambush predators and cutting off the flow of oxygen is their preferred method of murder.

[@NomadSoul76]

Was that a test of zoo preparedness, or did we just witness the first furry hunt?

[@lshanksy1]

Is there anywhere convenient to watch full seasons of QI going back to the start too?

[@thegray5730]

I suddenly realize why Godzilla gave them so much trouble.

[@garethtudor836]

Being from Preston originally, I don't know whether to be offended by Sandi's mention, or pleased that Preston even rated a mention

[@stephenjacks8196]

I thought that most sheperds kept a goat to give sheep a brave animal to look up to.

[@Rawr98]

Aww

[@immortalsofar5314]

We had 4 goats and 2 sheep and even the goats thought the sheep were stupid. There was one damned dog who would get out and chase them. The goats formed a phalanx with their horns out, toss him into the air if he got too close and know that someone else had him covered behind their back. The sheep would panic and run out of the middle until they ran into a fence and hurt themselves. The goats then adapted their strategy and herded the sheep into the shed, one would stand across the doorway to keep them in and the other 3 would face outwards to keep the dog away. I love goats - naughty but smart.

[@tommallon4052]

The sheep panicked when they heard the sound of the worlds first zipper.

[@archstanton6102]

Here before that dull guy who just trolls with "Alan is not funny"

[@Damian_1989]

It seems every "british panel show" youtube compilation channel has one of those. Mock The Week videos always have that one commenter who is a cricket fan and has a hate-boner for Frankie Boyle

[@ppleeatpple]

seriously, it's so strange. He's the center of the show, just don't watch. Also, on the old videos with Stephen it was very common for there to be comments about how *insert female panelist* isn't funny any time one was on the show. It gets so old

[@archstanton6102]

@@Damian_1989 I know exactly who you are referring to on MTW. He recently said Frankie was racist, when I challenged him to provide evidence he never replied.

[@leetemple1033]

To be fair to the troll, Alan really isn't funny. No wit whatsoever, just shouting and/or physical comedy. Mind, I loved Jonathan Creek so it's swings and roundabouts really.

[@babboon5764]

@@leetemple1033 I think Alan's job is mostly to entertain the 'less intellectually agile' ............. but ................. Every so ofetn he comes out with something stunning. One of the clips on You Tube carries - Someone says something about important but imaginary symbols. Completely straightfaced Alan asks' What? Like Jesus'?

[@kassemir]

How did no one do a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles joke?! She literally mentioned a rhino in the sewer. Come on! That's like the perfect set-up to go "it was chasing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".

[@echognomecal6742]

Anyone who could resist clicking on that title deserves to have missed out on the zebra incident.

[@deJessias]

Holly couldn't even complete her joke about the kittens :(

[@CoryLehan]

Yeah, I was upset the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd time she was interrupted.

[@klaxoncow]

Yeah, there is an implication in the idea of counting sheep to help you drop off to sleep, that shepherds must have kept nodding off all the time. Because, like, who'd be counting sheep in the first place to even know this? Well, shepherds obviously. They're counting their flock to make sure that they're all there, and they haven't lost any of them. Which is basically their job, of course. And I'm thinking many shepherds would be found sleeping in their fields overnight. "Oy, mate. Wake up" "Oh, sorry. I was just counting the sheep, late at night and must have nodded off" So I reckon there's a subtle jibe against shepherds hidden in there. Like, "can't get to sleep? Well, just try counting sheep, like shepherds do, as they're always falling asleep on the job. The useless sods".

[@TWX1138]

I think that Orson Welles' radio show of _The War of the Worlds_ still tops the list for media hoaxes.

[@TreyGruel]

Except it wasn't a hoax. They announced at the start that it was Mercury Theater on the Air and that the evening's show was an adaptation of the novel. There were a few breaks during the show where they also announced it was Mercury Theater on the Air and played their theme music, tho it was an unusually long time before the first break.

[@CaptRobau]

I found the sound a bit too low. I had to turn it up to maximum to hear it somewhat okayish.

[@nfo1776]

It's been like that the last few clips.

[@decodolly1535]

Not bothered about the volume so much as the video not being equalised with the outro. Having increased the volume for the video, the outro then blew my ears off.

[@frankupton5821]

The clue is in the name of the show - "Quite Inaudible".

[@DrThunder88]

That zebra really nailed its death scene.

[@darcy5823]

Anyone else read Sandy's book, the one where she tells stories of her life tied in with her bus commutes? She refers to this episode where she learned about people pooing in hotel kettles. I thought, uhm no, it was urinating. She confirms it in this clip! She says pee. I've always wondered why she got it wrong in the book and none of the editors apparently have seen this show.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Did it happen in Wales? Maybe the locals were just feeling a bit frisky...

[@Maya_Pinion]

Well,view movie "Altered States" with William Hurt,Blair Brown. Epic.👍

[@chockydog6960]

I think QI is much better with Sandi as host. The panel gets better back and forth quips and chatter. When Stephen was host it seemed like everyone was gathered around to bask in the superior (script) knowledge he had

[@Ashs290]

Can’t help but think the New York story might have inspired the writers of Madagascar!

[@qwertyTRiG]

Noel really ruining his goth image there, being so shocked by death.

[@sendaikid1569]

True story. I was staying in a house on a farm in a paddock with sheep in it. One day I noticed the flock passing by the window. I watched for a while and noticed that a sheep that had passed earlier was passing again. The flock had begun following itself round and round the house. This went on for at least an hour. And yes, before anyone says anything, it was in New Zealand.

[@judithwalker3600]

Tranquilised, not dead!

[@TheZoltan-42]

I saw a maybe a little silly but normal zebra, in a situation where a bunch of crazy primates were trying to push through a net and attack it. The situation was not properly contained, and after the use of some makeshift weapon, they started to torture the half conscious zebra. I would definitely not feel safe in that zoo...

[@IRosamelia]

I thought the answer was KRAKATOA!!!!!! 🌋

[@TheRealMirCat]

Well, sheep are a bit slow

[@cogidubnus1953]

@@TheRealMirCat So five years later...

[@CM_CM_]

I want to hear what the rest of what Holly was going to say before everyone started talking over her - must have been so frustrating

[@una_10bananas]

I love holly walsh so much

[@fariesz6786]

me one night: _crossing a sheep encloser to get back to my b&b, holding a torch in front of me_ ram: bright thing? INTRUDER? _runs towards where the light fell_ me, watching: no, don't do it, DON'T DO IT ram: _runs into fence and bounces back a yard_

[@amoral_minority]

For a second there I thought they dressed a gorilla as a zebra

[@taniskowalik5562]

Did they... Did they actually tranquilize that poor employee? Because if they didn't, then that was some very convincing acting.

[@hjt091]

She's a zookeeper, she's probably seen animals tranquilized before

[@rooty]

Hearing sandi pronounce ueno as yoo-ay-no makes me want to tear my ears off and throw them in the bin

[@emvandermeulen1908]

David is wearing his special robe.

[@gijgij4541]

Auditioning for Doctor Who?

[@MySerpentine]

It seems that sheep are easily scared.

[@idc5309]

Counting sheep is probably one of the last things farmers did before turning in for the evening, the last bit of the days work in the evening, so it probably just became a folk tradition over time to count sheep as part of the nightly ritual

[@Torana-gz5ls]

Word got around there was a New Zealander was roaming the area.

[@labhrais6957]

This is a random KZbin video recommendation on my feed. I'm not disappointed.

[@itslucasyap]

I see, David is not wearing his special travel dressing gown.

[@lugialover09]

View count says 666 right now. Lovely.

[@HairyHariyama]

At least it's not 616

[@decodolly1535]

@@HairyHariyama Nice reference.

[@billyandrew]

Note to self: _Train cat not to eat for four days, as flesh will be even easier to gain purchase upon, as well as extra succulent._

[@dogcarman]

Surprised that it got dark? Yeah, that sounds like some of the sheep I’ve heard of from family members in the business.

[@dennisbay3035]

finally an example of what a hoax is... the word is so misused these days

[@abaigealduda2756]

Anyone know which episode this is from?

[@anniesoernym]

If you look in the description beneath the video, you will usually find the episode a clip is from.

[@some_haqr]

Can you guys like even TRY to keep the volume the same between videos? NOBODY is THAT inept at doing their job. It has to be a troll at this point. Its bloody annoying putting one of your videos on and having to increase the volume only to have the next one plays and its too loud!

[@davidwalter2002]

Okay, I just realized that this was around the time of the Jack the Ripper killings. So draw your own conclusions.

[@matthewsermons7247]

Personally I am quite fond of the story about the Cambodian Midget Fighting League fighting a Lion....

[@rmkw4291]

3:25 just another Japanese game show clip.

[@chrundlethegreat2251]

I live in South Africa...protesters looted a zoo here...I thinks that's a crazier headline

[@TheRealMirCat]

Coving up UAPs since Nov 3 1888

[@Paul-sj5db]

Loosened up so the cat can get PURRchase.

[@neilhoganwa]

A bus load of New Zealanders showed up.

[@VargasKoch]

Sounds like a welsh rom-com.

[@mickavoidant4780]

The sheep were spooked by a newspaper hoax

[@Dax893]

In case you missed Sandy's poor pronunciation (rare), she's talking about Ueno Zoo.

[@zotoda]

omggg rip dat zebra girl wtf

[@richard6440]

/ rwhoosh :)

[@captainbackflash]

1888? Thats easy, Kaiser Willhelm I was dead, Kaiser Friedrich III died also and Kaiser Willhelm II began its reign!

[@cogidubnus1953]

So did Jack the Ripper whisper in the sheep's ears?

[@Kae.the.Selkie]

Gross story ahead please proceed with caution. I worked at an animal shelter for many years and we once got a sweet little Chihuahua in whose owner had passed away. About a week later I learned the real story of how the old man had gotten out of the shower and passed out bent over and naked on the bed. After days being left alone the Chihuahua began to eat the old man asshole first. It was a difficult story not to share with potential adopters when they'd let him lick their faces. 🤢

[@jeanniehelliwell1599]

I’m with Sandy, puppies70,000

[@bevanjackson2694]

I know what it was a drunk new Zealand tourist

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

baaa

[@akaNOCTURN]

"wHeN sHeEp cAnT sLeEp, d0 tHeY c0uNt tHeIr fRiEnDs?" - Noel Fielding, comedy genius (!)

[@wordzmyth]

They should have used a real horse if they really wanted to model it.. My horse would have been too quick and distrustful to be surrounded like that. Horses and zebras bolt and jump when they think they are being cornered

[@wordzmyth]

But I know that would risk the safety of the horse and of people. I am just saying that catching a willing human is no training at all for a wild animal.

[@richard6440]

@@wordzmyth catching a willing human is no training at all for a wild animal.... if a wild animal is hungry enough , pretty sure it could catch any human being , willing or not , although usain bolt might give it a run for his money :)

[@corberus3119]

@@richard6440 humans were actually very good at catching animals, while they can run faster than us most don't tend to have good endurance, so a human could catch a horse by following it at walking speed, the animal will get stressed out and tired and the human can catch it

[@dragonsdynamite6403]

A dog would eventually eat you.

[@danieweir9588]

12 Monkeys

[@homagetogorto]

Loose meat purchase. Yum. Like wine and cheese: just rotten enough.

[@melhalleron2516]

Just like the population today surprised they didnt buy toilet paper

[@jonss1948]

Cats will eat your face after you've been dead 3 days. Before that you taste a bit Gamy.

[@onemercilessming1342]

March, 2020, when we were forced into lockdown, was the night of the terrified sheep. Sadly, that has turned into 18 months.

[@lmm2103]

You're really funny, you should be on television

[@DrWhoFanJ]

So a life-threatening virus spreading around the entire planet, killing everyone in its path is apparently not a valid reason for a lockdown? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@richard6440]

@@DrWhoFanJ killing everyone in its path...... if less than 1% of the population is " everyone in its path " then you need to check up on the death rate.

[@richard6440]

@@DrWhoFanJ a life-threatening virus if you could tell me the number of deaths from covid " only " , and not where there were underlying health reasons , or mentioned on the death certificate, i'd be interested.

[@richard6440]

@@DrWhoFanJ spreading around the entire planet new zealand closed its borders and had ... one death? pretty sure there were other ( tiny ) countries with no deaths. ........ the entire planet ? anyone on antartica catch it ?

[@roywall8169]

Horrified sheep…..Intentional metaphor for today’s world, or unintended coincidence?

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Well, given there are no horrified sheep in today’s world, I fail to see how it could be either!

[@lemedico]

Alan is not funny.

[@frankupton5821]

Sue Perkins: "Sorry, Repetition1"

[@archstanton6102]

Neither are you. Difference is Alan's parents are not embarrassed to have him

[@gijgij4541]

Are you the Dr AK Agarwal who practices urology in Agra, or are you just taking the pish?

[@lemedico]

@@gijgij4541 bingo