It Depends On The Size Of The Rat
"How many rats does it take to put together a sheep?" —Before you click on that link think long and hard about why someone might want this information.
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No Matter How Resilient You Are You're Still Getting Eaten
"An article about eating mutton (Golden oldies, 4 April, page 13, G2) referred to the disastrous effects of the prolonged winter on sheep farmers and their livestock but said 'resilient mutton are coping well'. A farmer points out that it is the sheep that are resilient; mutton is the meat that comes from them."
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Bunny Shows Sheep Who's Boss
This sucker is blowing up out there on the Internet, but in case you have yet to see it, please do enjoy. That rabbit thinks he's a sheepdog! I could watch this all day! In fact, I just might. See you tomorrow, suckers!
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Sheep Gets Around
"A ram which jumped a fence to breed with more than 30 ewes has become the star attraction of a rural centre in Northamptonshire. Staff at West Lodge Rural Centre in Desborough have delivered 15 lambs fathered by the 11-month-old ram – named Randy – and anticipate 20 more. Randy had been destined for slaughter but his exploits during his 24-hour escape in July have won him a reprieve." —Randy!
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"New Zealand's First Psychic Sheep"
Your new sports-predicting animal is a sheep named Sonny Wool. [Previously]
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Shrek the Sheep, 1994-2011
New Zealand counter-culture icon Shrek the Sheep has died, euthanized by a veterinarian because he was old and sick. Shrek became famous seven years ago, when it was discovered that he'd been hiding in caves since 1998 to avoid shearing. After his capture, his 60-pound coat of fleece was cut off on national TV, yielding enough wool to make 20 men's suits, and turning Shrek into a folk hero. He met Prime Minister Helen Clark and started a career in the nonprofit industry, raising over $150 thousand for children's medical charities. "He had an unbelievable personality," said his owner, John Perriam. "He loved children and he was really [...]
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British Sheep Finally Discover Something Scarier Than Welshmen
What sinister creatures float above Knifecrime Island, and why do they have such animosity for its sheep? Well, according to the Sun, the answers are a) aliens and b) it's more along the lines of "research." But read more of this harrowing tale!
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What Androids May Or May Not Dream Of
"This transgenic lamb, bred at the Animal Reproduction Institute Uruguay (IRAUy), has an incorporated gene that makes it glow under ultraviolet light, according to scientists there."
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Scientist Delivers Sheep Backhanded Compliment
"They're actually very clever in a 'sheepy' kind of way. They're not going to put a sheep on the moon, but sheep do remember faces, they recognize people and have long memories for complicated things. They're quite curious creatures." —Snarky Cambridge neurobiologist Jenny Morton throws water on any dreams of space travel that might have been harbored by the subjects of her recent study. Morton and her co-author Andrew King, of the University of London Royal Veterinary College, believe that sheep exhibit behavior consistent with evolutionary biologist W. D. Hamilton's "selfish-herd theory"—that animals gather in groups out of self-interest, rather than concerns for the group as a whole. [...]
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Lamb Unusual
"'There were three-legged lambs, one-eyed, but not six-legged, bisexual one. The lamb eats well, but moves with difficulty.'" There is video.
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Chihuahua Does Not Fear Sheep
Not a week after this damning report on Britain's worst sheep dog comes more hopeful news out of the world of sheep herding: Meet Nancy, the chihuahua who thinks she's a sheep dog. Thank God, I know we were all concerned.
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Donkey Saves Sheep From Dog
To Britain, where sometimes good things do happen: "Dotty the donkey from Scarborough is to receive a coveted PDSA Certificate for Animal Bravery after saving a sheep from a frenzied dog attack. Dotty and the sheep and Stanley will be accompanied at the presentation by owner Ann Rogers (63), who witnessed Dotty’s brave act." The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, a Knifecrime Island veterinary charity, is celebrating the rescue during which Dotty "'galloped in to save her friend Stanley the sheep from being savaged'… Poor Stanley lost two teeth and suffered facial paralysis but is now fully recovered. He now sleeps in the same stable as Dotty…" You [...]
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New Zealand's Space Mission Is Adorable
In a quest to be EXACTLY the place where Jemaine, Bret, and Murray WOULD come from, New Zealand has managed to launch a wee little rocket just slightly beyond our atmosphere into a stratum of area that could technically be called space. It then triumphantly fell into the Pacific Ocean.
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Serial Sheep-Killing Bear Tells All
"You know how it is: You kill a sheep and it feels good. The power. You've got all the power. And you think to yourself, I killed that one sheep and it felt amazing, how great is it gonna feel if I kill a bunch more? And suddenly you come to in some Montana field, and it's two weeks later and you've killed 70 sheep and you're covered in blood and entrails, and you start to ask yourself, what am I doing? It used to be about the sheep slaughtering, the innocent joy of playing God with a helpless ruminant. Instead you're trapped in some senseless orgy of ovine depredation, [...]
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Sheep Pink
Here you will find photos of sheep who have been dyed pink. The good news: "Sheep are practically colour blind and so would probably not notice if they or other sheep were pink."
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Signs of the Forthcoming Apocalypse: Sheep Has Baby Dog
"A Chinese farmer claims that one of his sheep has given birth to a puppy dog."
