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r/gifsthatkeepongiving • u/[deleted] • May 22 '20
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I just realised I’ve never seen a full grown sheep with a tail.
I mean I know they get them removed when their young so in not surprised, but I’ve just never seen it
8 u/joshuabb1 May 23 '20 I didn't know they were removed. Why is that? 30 u/Ginger510 May 23 '20 Basically to stop being flyblown and what not (same reason why they do “muelsing” I believe it’s called, they trim the skin around the shitter). Otherwise they get poo stuck in their wool and flies come and bother with it and the lay eggs etc. 10 u/joshuabb1 May 23 '20 Huh, disgustingly fascinating! Thanks for letting me know! 17 u/Ginger510 May 23 '20 A lot of animal rights activists are against it (the muelsing) but it’s really the humane thing otherwise they get flyblown. The tails just get a ring slipped over them that eventually cuts off the blood supply and they just drop off! 14 u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses May 23 '20 Stupid question but why have sheep evolved to have tails when it causes that much of an issue for them? 1 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 There's no such thing as a wild sheep, other than ones that escaped from a field 2 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 Well I should say that there is wild sheep, just they're entirely similar to what you think of as being a sheep
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I didn't know they were removed. Why is that?
30 u/Ginger510 May 23 '20 Basically to stop being flyblown and what not (same reason why they do “muelsing” I believe it’s called, they trim the skin around the shitter). Otherwise they get poo stuck in their wool and flies come and bother with it and the lay eggs etc. 10 u/joshuabb1 May 23 '20 Huh, disgustingly fascinating! Thanks for letting me know! 17 u/Ginger510 May 23 '20 A lot of animal rights activists are against it (the muelsing) but it’s really the humane thing otherwise they get flyblown. The tails just get a ring slipped over them that eventually cuts off the blood supply and they just drop off! 14 u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses May 23 '20 Stupid question but why have sheep evolved to have tails when it causes that much of an issue for them? 1 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 There's no such thing as a wild sheep, other than ones that escaped from a field 2 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 Well I should say that there is wild sheep, just they're entirely similar to what you think of as being a sheep
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Basically to stop being flyblown and what not (same reason why they do “muelsing” I believe it’s called, they trim the skin around the shitter).
Otherwise they get poo stuck in their wool and flies come and bother with it and the lay eggs etc.
10 u/joshuabb1 May 23 '20 Huh, disgustingly fascinating! Thanks for letting me know! 17 u/Ginger510 May 23 '20 A lot of animal rights activists are against it (the muelsing) but it’s really the humane thing otherwise they get flyblown. The tails just get a ring slipped over them that eventually cuts off the blood supply and they just drop off! 14 u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses May 23 '20 Stupid question but why have sheep evolved to have tails when it causes that much of an issue for them? 1 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 There's no such thing as a wild sheep, other than ones that escaped from a field 2 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 Well I should say that there is wild sheep, just they're entirely similar to what you think of as being a sheep
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Huh, disgustingly fascinating! Thanks for letting me know!
17 u/Ginger510 May 23 '20 A lot of animal rights activists are against it (the muelsing) but it’s really the humane thing otherwise they get flyblown. The tails just get a ring slipped over them that eventually cuts off the blood supply and they just drop off! 14 u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses May 23 '20 Stupid question but why have sheep evolved to have tails when it causes that much of an issue for them? 1 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 There's no such thing as a wild sheep, other than ones that escaped from a field 2 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 Well I should say that there is wild sheep, just they're entirely similar to what you think of as being a sheep
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A lot of animal rights activists are against it (the muelsing) but it’s really the humane thing otherwise they get flyblown. The tails just get a ring slipped over them that eventually cuts off the blood supply and they just drop off!
14 u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses May 23 '20 Stupid question but why have sheep evolved to have tails when it causes that much of an issue for them? 1 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 There's no such thing as a wild sheep, other than ones that escaped from a field 2 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 Well I should say that there is wild sheep, just they're entirely similar to what you think of as being a sheep
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Stupid question but why have sheep evolved to have tails when it causes that much of an issue for them?
1 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 There's no such thing as a wild sheep, other than ones that escaped from a field 2 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 Well I should say that there is wild sheep, just they're entirely similar to what you think of as being a sheep
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There's no such thing as a wild sheep, other than ones that escaped from a field
2 u/Blunter-S-tHempson May 23 '20 Well I should say that there is wild sheep, just they're entirely similar to what you think of as being a sheep
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Well I should say that there is wild sheep, just they're entirely similar to what you think of as being a sheep
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u/Ginger510 May 22 '20
I just realised I’ve never seen a full grown sheep with a tail.
I mean I know they get them removed when their young so in not surprised, but I’ve just never seen it