Wild sheep rescued in Australia shorn of 35 kg fleece

[FelineOverlord]

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[ironflange]

1. I want to see the "after" picture

[ironflange]

2. Never mind, it's there on Twitter

[UpInArms]

4. Here you go

[ironflange]

5. Thanks anyway!

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

9. Aww, Baarack looks happy after having his mat of fleece shorn.

[UpInArms]

3. That is 77+ pounds!

Wowzer!

[FelineOverlord]

6. Wild sheep rescued in Australia shorn of 35 kg fleece

I love that his name is BAArack.

[Ocelot II]

7. He's actually an escaped domestic sheep.

Wild sheep don't grow uncontrolled fleece like that, but domestic ones were bred to grow a lot of fleece - so they have to be shorn every year.

[Midnightwalk]

8. The use of "wild" got me curious

Are there indigenous species of sheep in Australia?

Appears not

The first sheep in Australia arrived with the First Fleet in 1788. There were 29 fat-tailed sheep listed on the fleet’s manifest, collected from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Intended as a source of meat, they were not well suited to the Australian environment and, like the Indian sheep that were later imported, did not produce good quality wool.

[link:https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/merino-sheep-introduced|]

Probably no one cares. I guess wild means feral in this case.

Cool pictures.

[FelineOverlord]

10. Baarack is now famous

Link to tweet

[FelineOverlord]

11. Baarack is a star

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