Whaddya Mean, The Flock Is Shrinking?
Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink. Scientists began studying Soay sheep in 1985, since when they have decreased in size by five per cent - their legs getting steadily shorter and their body weight decreasing.
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It must be all that washing in hot water...
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean wool sheared from them will be pre-shrunk?
ReplyDeleteHave they been secretly clipped by a wandering clan perhaps?
ReplyDeleteCJ xx
R ewe sure they weren't standing in a bog?
ReplyDeleteI'm shrinking too, so they say!
I thought wool shrinks in water not without it.
ReplyDeletehmmmm, so one day soon they can become household pet like dogs...
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think I left there, and how I came by my name?
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