What Exactly is: Sheep | The Truth of Wool in the Wild

Sheep is not just about wool.
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@WaggleTV • Sheep - 1, Fisherman - 0
References:
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[@pirialka]

Me after taming valais blacknose💧 🔥 😐 🪨 💨

[@Barakon]

3:40 I looked up pictures of the uriel sheep & I found a piece of wildlife footage which displays what appears to be a female specimen facing the camera, quite humorous if you ask me.

[@snailart9214]

I have Jacob sheep!!! We also have some hair sheep and their wools just falls off :)

[@greeenjeeens]

I look forward to telling people that sheep are both a type of goat and cow. Manx sheep also have four horns. but they are pretty inbred so perhaps best not celebrated.