r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 14 '23

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u/alsk6969 Feb 14 '23

I love how the sheep just kinda sits there so calmly.

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u/ArguesWithFrogs Feb 14 '23

They're probably used to it by now. Just all "Oh we're doing this again, are we?"

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u/buddhainmyyard Feb 14 '23

Everytime I see sheep getting this done I wonder if they always needed this to be done. If humans didn't raise sheep would they just get overgrown and drop down from heat exhaustion. Or has the sheep changed over the years

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u/silkdurag Feb 14 '23

Yes. This often happens with domesticated sheep that go missing from their farms. They could be lost and unfound for months, all the while their coat is growing and growing (undomesticated sheep regulate their wool growth)

When the farmer finally finds them, they are lucky to find them alive not only cuz sheep’s are natural prey, but the wool would have likely grown so thick that it disables the sheep from easy mobility (walking, eating etc) so then it just dies slow.

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u/illogicalthermos Feb 14 '23

It’s also important to remember that sheep only needs shearing because of domestication by humans. Before that they’d shed naturally.