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Keeping warm

songbird — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:29:52 GMT

In Australia, a ton of fleece that has no end... This poor sheep could barely walk when it was found.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/03/asia/sheep-record-wool-shearer/index.html

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DoneTryin — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:48:56 GMT

Mercy! I'm glad he was found & sheared. Carrying all that excess wool around had to have put a tremendous strain on his organs, not to mention making it hard for him to move around & graze.

As a knitter, I'm seeing quite a lot of nice fiber to be spun there

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Topaz Gem — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:32:42 GMT

I heard that once he was shorn, he lost half his body weight. I bet he's running around like crazy now; he must have a ton of energy! LOL.

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muttmom — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:43:35 GMT

I heard the sheep lost 97 pounds. I'm surprised it survived that long on its own.

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Puzzle Piece — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 18:27:22 GMT

Poor animal. So glad it was found and taken care of so it didn't have to suffer much more.

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hsawaknow — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:31:25 GMT

That poor sheep, I bet he was glad when all that wool came off.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 03:38:49 GMT

Talk about having a bad hair day!

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Drythe — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 03:51:15 GMT

Thanks for sharing @songbird

So glad this poor guy was found?

How in the world did he see?

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GingerPeach — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:18:47 GMT

Looks like this guy had been part of a flock but had wandered off. Sheep naturally living in the wild never get like this.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/03/meet-chris-the-insanely-overgrown-sheep-that-nearly-died-for-the-sake-of-our-fashion/

Another sad case of man tinkering with nature to get "more and more."

Re: Keeping warm

Susan Louise — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:28:32 GMT

Thanks for sharing...so glad there was a happy ending!