Sheep: Seven Amazing Statistics

1. There are 800 breeds of sheep.
2. Sheep can live to be 20 years old.
3. Sheep survive in deserts, mountains, and damp Scottish highlands.
4. Sheep are raised for milk (the fat-tailed breeds), for wool, and for meat.
5. Sheep breeds with the shortest tails have the most babies.
6. Some sheep have hair rather than wool.
7. Many US sheep farmers lose money on wool because it cost more to pay a shearer than they are paid for wool . We import wool.

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