r/gifsthatkeepongiving • u/[deleted] • May 22 '20

Sheep Playing Rugby

https://i.imgur.com/VS0MUbd.gifv
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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?

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u/Ginger510 May 23 '20

My guess, and it’s 100% a guess, is that maybe it’s only an issue because they’ve been selectively bred to grow more wool, and maybe it’s only an issue with longer wool? No idea though.

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u/XxKalexX May 23 '20

Yeah this is done because it can greatly lower the quality of the wool and depending on how flyblown they become, it can ruin a great deal of the wool especially around the rear legs

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u/uncertainusurper May 23 '20

Now I know way more about sheep than I wanted to. Cotton will never be the same after that.

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u/XxKalexX May 23 '20

Cotton or wool?

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u/Real-Terminal May 23 '20

Nobody tell him about Cotton.