The smallest sheep in the world: the black Wesson sheep
When it was born, it was only 25 cm long and weighed only .9 kg. This one-week-old black Wesson sheep was considered as the smallest sheep in the world. It is so petite and beloved that its owner named it "Tinker Bell". Tinker Bell was born on a farm in Durham, England, two weeks before the due date. At that time, it could not stand on its own, and its mother had no milk because of premature birth, so the owner could only feed it with a bottle.
Before Tinker Bell was born, the smallest sheep in the world was a sheep named Bobby, who was born in April last year. Tinker Bell is only about 9 grams lighter than Bobby. Under the careful breeding of the owner, the length of "Tinker Bell" has now reached about 3 cm, and its weight has doubled to 1.8 kg. According to the British "Daily Mail" report, Wesang sheep is a small sheep, but it is not artificially raised, and it is the smallest sheep in the world. Adult Wesang sheep are generally only about 45 cm tall, while adult sheep are generally about 6 cm to 9 cm tall.
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Ten rare wild sheep in the world
1. Sheep that are good at climbing mountains: wild goats
Wild goats live on mountains as low as 5 meters above sea level and as high as 6 meters above sea level. In summer, wild goats stay high in the mountains and feed on grass and moss; In winter, they will move to the lower places to find food. Wild goats walk steadily, have excellent balance ability and can jump from one rock to another sensitively. In order to escape from the enemy, they always choose places where the enemy is hard to chase. If there is no end to the road, the wild goats will turn around and fight the enemy with their long horns.
2. Sheep who are good at rock climbing: Rock sheep
Rock sheep are experts in rock climbing in the animal kingdom, and they walk freely on steep cliffs. They can jump nimbly between the rocks on the hillside to escape the enemy's harm. They can jump up to 3 meters, and if they jump down from a height, they can jump more than 1 meters without falling. Rock sheep often live in groups, and members of the collective are very attached. If some members die unfortunately, other members often surround the dead bodies to prevent vultures and other scavengers from taking them away.
3. Very thirsty sheep: the goat
The goat is the only kind of wild sheep in Africa, resting in the barren rock and sandy land. Male hyenas have sparse manes from throat to chest, and they look "manly". Because of the arid living environment, the hyenas are very thirsty, and can persist for more than 5 days without drinking water and only get water from the plants they eat. The utilization rate of water in hyenas is extremely high, and the urine output is very small.
4. Gems in Himalayas: Tal sheep
Tal sheep in Himalaya is a precious animal with the same name as langur, bear monkey and snow leopard. Their number is very sparse, with a total of only about 5. They mainly live on the southern slope of the Himalayas at an altitude of 3 ~ 4 meters, and often live in high and low bare rock mountains and forest margins to adapt to the cold and rainy climate. The wool on the neck, shoulders and buttocks of male Taer sheep is long, and the length can reach 12 ~ 18 cm.
5. Asian giant wild sheep: argali
argali is 15-18 cm long and 5-7 cm high at the shoulder. Male argali can weigh up to 2 kilograms and is known as "Asian Giant Wild Sheep". The argali is named after the big horn with twists and turns on its head, which can reach 1.45 meters in length. The argali is a typical mountain animal, which likes to live in the semi-open alpine bare rock zone and rugged hilly days, and spreads at an altitude of about 15 meters to 55 meters.
6. Elves on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Tibetan antelope
Tibetan antelope is a unique animal in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China and a national first-class protected animal. It is called "the Elves on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" by Tibetan compatriots. Tibetan antelope is not only beautiful in shape, strong in character and agile in action, but also resistant to cold and hypoxia. They live in the vast area of 88, square kilometers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and rest around the plateau desert, frozen soil and lakes and swamps of 4,-5,3 meters.
7. A sheep with a rough personality like an ox: a pronghorn
A pronghorn has a pair of horns that look like horns. When the horns grow out of the head, they suddenly turn out to the outside, then turn back, and the horns are inward, showing a distorted shape. Because it is big and strong like an ox, 2.1 meters long and weighs about 3 kilograms, it looks like a small buffalo, but its head is small and its tail is short, and it looks like an antelope. It calls like a sheep, but its character is not gentle and rough like an ox, so it is also called a takin. The pronghorn has a thick coat of hair, which can resist the cold.
8. Long-distance runner: antelope with high nose
The antelope with high nose has a very unique nose, which is particularly large and swollen, and its nostrils are at the top. They are naturally produced with natural detoxification function, and the plants they eat contain many poisonous plants that other animals dare not eat. Alpine antelopes are known as "long-distance runners". Because of their fast running and endurance, they can run for more than an hour continuously, with a top speed of 6 kilometers per hour. Even young sheep just born for five or six days can run for more than 3 kilometers per hour.
9. The smallest sheep in the world: dog antelope
In South Africa and East Africa, there is an antelope that is the smallest antelope in the world as long as the rabbit is very small. The shoulder height of the dog antelope is 3 ~ 4 cm, the body length is 5 ~ 7 cm, and the weight is 3 ~ 5 kg. Dogs and wildebeests are very vigilant, and the vegetation in their chosen feeding places will not be too high, so that they can investigate the surrounding environment when they are looking for food, and once they find predators, they will hide or run away immediately.
1. The largest sheep in the world: the pronghorn
The pronghorn, which lives in Central Africa and South Africa, is the largest sheep in the world, and its size can be confused with that of cattle. Their body length is 2.8 ~ 3.3 meters, shoulder height is about 1.7 meters, and their weight is generally 6 kilograms, up to 1 ton. They look clumsy, but they are still as good at jumping as other kinds of sheep, and can easily jump over obstacles 1.5 meters high. The wildebeest has a large spiral horn, and both men and women have horns.