Coool Facts on Woool and Sheeep:

Sheep Terms: Female sheep are known as as ewes, males as rams, yearlings as hoggetts, and young sheep are known as lambs.

Sheep can see more than us. They have a 270 degree radius of view, almost 3/4 of a circle, humans only see 170 degrees at best. This makes them very difficult to sneak up on or surprise.

Each sheep has it's own "Flight Zone", a measurable distance around their bodies. This is the distance the sheep feels it needs to get away from danger. Sheep will not allow anything (even each other, with exceptions) to come within it's flight zone.

Sheep feel things and have language. they use various sounds to communicate different emotions and messages among flock members. Farmers can easily tell when a sheep is in pain or sick.

Sheep are individual and unique. Each sheep can distinguish between all other sheep, they can recognize fellow flock mates even after years of separation.

Sheep would rather walk up-hill, than down.

Australia produces over 30 percent of the world's wool, the largest single source. New Zealand, Argentina, USA, Canada, Peru,

New Zealand sheep farmers must pay a fat-tax on the methane emissions of their sheep's backsides.

Wool is water resistant and flame retardant.

Race car drivers wear wool-lined suits to reduce their chances of being burned in a firey crash.

Wool retains it's insulative properties when whitened, unlike cotton.

An official American baseball contains 150 yards of wool yarn.

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