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Tree shelter. A tree shelter, tree guard or tree tube (sometimes also Tuley tube) is a structure used in tree planting, arboriculture and tree care that protects planted tree saplings from browsing animals and other dangers as the trees grow. The purpose of tree shelters is to protect young trees from browsing by herbivores by forming a ...
Dolly Parton [ 1] Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003) was a female Finn-Dorset sheep and the first mammal that was cloned from an adult somatic cell. She was cloned by associates of the Roslin Institute in Scotland, using the process of nuclear transfer from a cell taken from a mammary gland. Her cloning proved that a cloned organism could ...
Desilva, Udaya; Fitch, Jerry (1995), "Campanian Barbary", Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science, retrieved 17 June 2010. Saskatchewan Sheep Development Board (2007), "Canadian Arcott", Sheep Breeds, Government of Saskatchewan, archived from the original on 7 August 2011, retrieved 17 June 2010.
Sausage casing, also known as sausage skin or simply casing, is the material that encloses the filling of a sausage. Natural casings are made from animal intestines or skin; artificial casings, introduced in the early 20th century, are made of collagen and cellulose. [ 1] The material is then shaped via a continuous extrusion process ...
Fiona (sheep) Fiona the Sheep is a ewe sheep that came to public attention in 2021 when she was spotted alone at the base of a cliff on the shore of the Moray Firth in Scotland. [ 1] Fiona the Sheep. In 2021, Jill Turner was on a kayaking between Balintore and Nigg and about to enter the Cromarty Firth from the Moray Firth when she spotted the ...
Sheep shagger. Sheep-shagger (also spelt sheepshagger or sheep shagger) is a derogatory term, most often used to refer to Welsh people, implying that the subject has sex with sheep. [ 1] In a court case in Britain, the use of the term directed at a Welsh person was ruled to be a "racially aggravating" factor in a disorderly conduct offence. [ 2]
Domestic sheep reproduction. A cross-bred ewe suckles her lamb, which was the first of the 2008 spring lambing at a farm in Coventry, England. Domestic sheep reproduce sexually like other mammals, and their reproductive strategy is very similar to other domestic herd animals. A flock of sheep is generally mated by a single ram, which has either ...
Female: 40–60 kg (88–132 lb) [2] Sheep. Ovis aries. The Navajo-Churro, or Churro for short, [3] (also American or Navajo Four-Horned) is a breed of domestic sheep originating with the Spanish Churra sheep obtained by the Diné around the 16th century during the Spanish Conquest. [4] Its wool consists of a protective topcoat and soft undercoat.