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Sheep are a very valuable source of food. Did you know that sheep can be milked just like cows? Sheeps' milk is often used to make gourmet cheeses. Mutton, or the meat of sheep, is another food product for which the animals may be raised. One thing that you may not know is that the fat from sheep also known as tallow, can be used to make both candles and soap. The tallow is cooked to purify it, and then molded into candles or further prepared into blocks of soap.

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Sheep have good memories. They are able to remember experiences for as long as three years. Sheep are animals called ruminants, who have stomachs with three chambers.  These chambers all serve a specific purpose in the process of digesting the grass and the plant fibers or cellulose in these foods. Ruminant animals quickly swallow and store their food, and are able to bring it back up to be chewed more thoroughly later. This is called chewing their cud. Sheep grow a thick coat or soft wool which keeps them warm and dry. Lambs also have very close relationships with their mothers. Lambs can also get very attached to people. In fact, if a farmer hangs a shirt on a clothesline - when the lambs get scared, they will run to it for protection! Sheep also have unusual eyesight. They can see things behind them because their eyes are close to the back of their heads.  

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Wooly sheep must be sheared at certain times of the year. It's like when you get your hair cut. During winter time, sheep grow very thick wool coats.  These coats protect sheep from weather such as rain or snow.  Wool is sheared once a year. When summer begins, the wool is cut [sheared] off.  This wool is made into yarn.  This yarn is made into clothes that people wear.  Sheepskins with the wool still on them are made into clothing.   Another use for sheep is the oil in the sheep wool. Shearing is the complete removal of the wool and is carried out using machine or hand shears. The valuable wool can then be used for clothing, carpets etc. The wool must be kept clean by not using too much marker paints on the animal. After shearing the sacks of wool must be kept in a dry place on plastic sheets to stop them getting damp. If the animal is cut during shearing all wounds are treated immediately with tincture of iodine or gentian violet.
 

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Female sheep are called ewes, male sheep are called rams, and baby sheep are called lambs. Lambs typically weigh about nine pounds when they are born. Did you know that sheep can have twins or even triplets?
A lamb drinks its mother's milk for about 4 months and then it eats grass, hay and grain. A sheep usually lives to be about eight years old but can sometimes live to be as old as twenty.
   Sheep like to stay in a large herd.  They don't like to be alone.  The sheep will eat grass, leaves and small plants. They have sharp toes that are called hooves on each foot. Sheep can run and climb well. 
 

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