The Grass...On The Other Side
by Lydia Holly
Title
The Grass...On The Other Side
Artist
Lydia Holly
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
As I was taking photos at a historical plantation I found this particular sheep to be quite amusing as he was putting his head through the fence to eat the grass on the other side. It's always (or oftentimes ) greener on the other side, isn't it?
Sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name "sheep" applies to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to Ovis aries. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female sheep is referred to as a ewe (/ju˘°/), an intact male as a ram or occasionally a tup, a castrated male as a wether, and a younger sheep as a lamb.
Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleece, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvested by shearing. Ovine meat is called lamb when from younger animals and mutton when from older ones. Sheep continue to be important for wool and meat today, and are also occasionally raised for pelts, as dairy animals, or as model organisms for science.
Sheep husbandry is practised throughout the majority of the inhabited world, and has been fundamental to many civilizations. In the modern era, Australia, New Zealand, the southern and central South American nations, and the British Isles are most closely associated with sheep production. Source: Wikipedia
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September 30th, 2012
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Joan-Violet Stretch
Cute photo of the greedy sheep who loves the grass he can't reach wonderful texture L F P t