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dontinterrupt:
Nice one, CellarDweller! Though I still see a little Jake there- in that smile and in the hair... Wishful thinking most likely.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
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http://edit.weather.com/science/nature/news/500-sheep-hide-from-owner-in-canada
Canadian Farmer's Sheep Are
Masters of Disguise in Snowy Field
500 'invisible' sheep are captured in one photo
Published Nov 10 2015 01:53 PM EST
weather.com
Liezel Kennedy became a bit of an internet sensation over the weekend after she tweeted a photo of a seemingly empty snowy field on her Saskatchewan farm recently, captioned "Could hardly find my sheep this morning!"
There are more than 500 sheep in the photo, but their dirty-brown wool blends in perfectly with the browns, tans and whites of a winter field.
Kennedy, who told weather.com that she's been raising sheep for five years, says it's not unusual for the sheep to be hidden behind a hill or a fold in the landscape on her 640-acre farm, "but it's not a regular occurrence for them to blend in THAT well!"
It does happen though. After online interest in her original tweet ramped up, Kennedy posted several more photos of her fields in the spring and summer and her sheep are just as invisible, real masters of disguise in all seasons.
Liezel Kennedy @pilgrimfarms
we have the same problem in summer and Spring... pic.twitter.com/FmvcHdapmb
9:40 AM - 5 Nov 2015
"In summer we have cross fences to rotate them through the grass but in winter we take those down," Kennedy said. "We check on them twice a day to check for sick animals, feed the guardian dogs, put out salt and mineral, check water, etc."
While the sheep are master's of disguise, Kennedy has other livestock who are masters of escape. Pilgirm Farms stocks, sheep, cattle, horses and goats, and it's the goats you really have to keep an eye on.
"The goats ... are escape artists and find the tiniest gap in the fence," Kennedy told weather.com. "They always come back though once they've checked out the greener grass on the other side."
CellarDweller:
the sheep!
Front-Ranger:
There are sheep in that photo? Could have fooled me!
Front-Ranger:
Paris is somehow Brokieish, but I can't exactly tell you why. :'(
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