# Tranquilize sheep (test your reactions flash game) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 3, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846 "2010-04-03T19:16:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/1 "2010-04-03T19:16:13Z")
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction\_version5.swf](http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf) My third attempt… (I clicked away from the first two so I don’t have the info) Rocketing Rabbit (Average 0.1458 seconds) ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/2 "2010-04-03T20:25:06Z")
I did it four times and WORKED my way up to bobbing bobcat. Coffee was recommended. I always said I have very poor hand eye coordination. 😃 I may try again with the other hand. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/3 "2010-04-04T11:39:21Z")
After a few initial attempts where I got too many 3 second penalties for jumping the gun (I thought the sheep were about to run when they were only turning their head, or some such), I achieved Rocketing Rabbit with an average of 0.1784 seconds. This was very lucky, however, as for one of the sheep my “reaction time” was recorded as 0.000 seconds, meaning I must have anticipated it and got lucky. Would have got a false start in the Olympics! ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/4 "2010-04-04T13:17:24Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > After a few initial attempts where I got too many 3 second penalties for jumping the gun (I thought the sheep were about to run when they were only turning their head, or some such), I achieved Rocketing Rabbit with an average of 0.1784 seconds. This was very lucky, however, as for one of the sheep my “reaction time” was recorded as 0.000 seconds, meaning I must have anticipated it and got lucky. Would have got a false start in the Olympics! Heh, for my best time I had one at 0.000 seconds and another one at 0.000 **0** seconds! Yes, I basically anticipated them. Still, it only rated me a Rocketing Rabbit with 0.1322 seconds average. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/5 "2010-04-04T13:23:52Z")
I’m a turbo-charged cheetah! … I wish. I’m a bobbing bobcat. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/6 "2010-04-04T13:34:41Z")
Both my 3rd and 4th tries were Rocketing Rabbit. My last attempt was an average of 0.147 seconds. Would have been even better if I didn’t have one time of 0.223 seconds weighing me down. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/7 "2010-04-04T16:38:35Z")
I am a bobbing bobcat. I had to start over because I didn’t know you were supposed to click on the dart to tranquilize the sheep. I thought you were supposed to click on the sheep itself. Imagine my surprise when the first one rocketed across the screen! ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/8 "2010-04-04T18:42:03Z")
I may not be fast, but I’m consistent. .223, .222, .223, .228, .223 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/9 "2010-04-04T18:44:24Z")
I’m a Rocketing Rabbit with my left hand and a Bobbing Bobcat with my right. Best speed out of 50 sheep - 0.168 secs ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/10 "2010-04-04T19:02:56Z")
IIRC, a jeopardy champ recommended that people use their index finger to ring in rather than their thumbs because the “nerve highway” from brain to index finger is faster than the “nerve highway” from brain to thumb. FTR, the difference between my thumb and finger is about the same. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/11 "2010-04-04T19:05:38Z")
I don’t usually use my thumb to left-click a mouse, but now I’m tempted to try it to see how godawfully my reaction times will be. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/12 "2010-04-05T08:45:09Z")
I suck apparently, although I’m a Goldeneye champ amongst my friends, so whatever. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/13 "2010-04-05T08:58:22Z")
Bobcat on both left and right hand. .221 is best time. I deliberately didn’t pre-empt. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/14 "2010-04-05T10:58:22Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > IIRC, a jeopardy champ recommended that people use their index finger to ring in rather than their thumbs because the “nerve highway” from brain to index finger is faster than the “nerve highway” from brain to thumb. > > FTR, the difference between my thumb and finger is about the same. I tried doing it with my little finger, figuring the signal had a shorter distance to travel, and guess what? I was actually faster. Give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tranquilize-sheep-test-your-reactions-flash-game/534846/15 "2010-04-05T19:16:55Z")
Avg. .256 second. Bobbing bobcat.