Interesting Sheep Facts

Males: Ram
Females: Ewes
Babies: Lambs
Group: Flock
Relatives: Goats, Antelope....Geep ?

Black Sheep:
a derogatory colloquialism in the English Language
an outsider, outcast, disgrace, one who is different or disapproved of by the “flock”

Wool breeds: Merino, Rambouillet, Romney

Meat breeds: Beltex, Suffolk, Portland

Dual purpose breeds: Coopworth, Corriedale, Shropshire

Famous sheep:
Dolly, the first animal to be cloned.
Shrek, the Merino that escaped the clippers for six years and yielded a record 60 lb. fleece (20 large men’s suits).
Jesus, the lamb of God

Sheep products:
Meat, wool, milk....plus thousands of others including cosmetics and anti-freeze, dice and baseballs, piano keys and photographic film, marshmallows, crayons and explosives...

Contributions to science:
If you have ever received medical treatments of or for dialysis, fertility, blood transfusions, spinal cord injury, artificial lungs, fetal heart surgery, orthopedics, osteoporosis...if you have ever had you life saved by rattlesnake anti-venom...
thank a sheep !