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Did you Know? List of Facts about Sheep
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Sheep, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Sheep are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Definition: A sheep is a woolly, usually horned, ruminant mammal related to the goat raised for wool or edible meat

  • Fact 2 - Females are called Ewes
  • Fact 3 - The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size, in the length and texture of its wool, the form and size of its horns, the length of its tail etc
  • Fact 4 - Sheep were domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct breeds have been produced including:

    • The merinos, celebrated for their fine wool

    • The Cretan sheep, noted for their long horns
    • The fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep, remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
      often has to be supported on trucks
    • The Southdowns, in which the horns are lacking
    • An Asiatic breed which always has four horns.
  • Fact 5 - Ruminant animals, like sheep, are even-toed, cud-chewing, hoofed, usually horned mammals which have a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
  • Fact 6 - Sheep do not seek shelter from rain but they do seek shade
  • Fact 7 - Breeding sheep is called Tupping
  • Fact 8 - Sheep stats and facts

    • Weight: Ewes - 45 and 100 kilograms (99 and 220 lb) Rams 45 - 160 kilograms (99 and 350 lb)

    • Number of teeth: 32
    • Habitat: Pastures
    • Lifespan: 12 years
    • Diet: Sheep are herbivores eating mainly tree leaves, hay, grass and ferns.
  • Fact 9 - What's the difference between sheep and goats?

    • Sheep have fleece, goats have hair

    • Goats are naturally horned, but most sheep are not
    • Goats are intelligent sheep are not!
    • Sheep are more skittish than goats
  • Fact 10 - There are more than 200 breeds of sheep
  • Fact 11 - The products most associated with sheep are milk, cream, butter, cheese, meat and wool
  • Fact 12 - Shepherds use sheep dogs to herd their sheep
  • Fact 13 - Mating begins with the rutting season
  • Fact 14 - The names given to babies are lambs
  • Fact 15 - The collective name for a group is a flock or herd
  • Fact 16 - Males are called Ram - a castrated male is called a Wether

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