Did sheep fur always just endlessly grow or was that something that was selectively bred? Were they originally naturally adapted to be going through a lot of foliage and thickets and stuff that would keep their coat relatively trimmed? Submitted by EuroTraschBozos t3_zcvdqi on December 5, 2022 at 3:19 AM in askscience 154 comments 1,463
[deleted] t1_iz1hp2g wrote on December 5, 2022 at 7:49 PM Reply to comment by RareBrit in Did sheep fur always just endlessly grow or was that something that was selectively bred? Were they originally naturally adapted to be going through a lot of foliage and thickets and stuff that would keep their coat relatively trimmed? by EuroTraschBozos [removed] Permalink Parent 9 RareBrit t1_iz1ibzg wrote on December 5, 2022 at 7:53 PM Soay on the other hand you can’t herd with a dog. If you try it they just scatter, leaving one very puzzled sheep dog. You have to train them to come to a bucket of sheep nuts. Permalink Parent 13 [deleted] t1_iz1j3s8 wrote on December 5, 2022 at 7:58 PM [removed] Permalink Parent 1
RareBrit t1_iz1ibzg wrote on December 5, 2022 at 7:53 PM Soay on the other hand you can’t herd with a dog. If you try it they just scatter, leaving one very puzzled sheep dog. You have to train them to come to a bucket of sheep nuts. Permalink Parent 13 [deleted] t1_iz1j3s8 wrote on December 5, 2022 at 7:58 PM [removed] Permalink Parent 1
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