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rustyfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

These are everywhere on Shetland. I laughed at it like “Haha! Look at these stupid sheep! Can’t cross that small part?”

Then I walked across one myself. I was humbled and reminded that I’m not that much more intelligent than a sheep.

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neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
We have them everywhere rural, even across regional highways here in Norway. Hell, there’s even one across the road to my local airport.

It’s an effective way of keeping cattle and sheep in an area even if said area is interjected by a road.

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- Hule@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Can you tell me the name for it?
  
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  - neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Ferist in Norwegian, at least. Translates roughly to “Cattle grid/rack”
    
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  - Ignot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    We call them Canadian passes
    
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    sik0fewl@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    In Canada we call them Texas gates.
    
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  - hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Cattle grid in ireland
    
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    JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Same in Australia
    
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  - Dhs92@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    We call them cattle guards here in Oregon
    
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    Hule@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Found it, thank you!
    
    Cattle grid (Wikipedia)
    
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  - Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    In NL we call it a wildrooster, which roughly translates to “wild animal grate,” but more literally could be interpreted as “venison toaster.”
    
    Also, its name then focuses on being for wild animals instead of cattle.
    
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