Q: Is a sheep members of the order Artiodactyla? ¶
A: Yes, and the even-toed ungulates.
Q: Is a sheep trained to be led by halter for showing and other purposes? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep largely variations of brown hues? ¶
A: Yes, and variation within species is extremely limited.
Q: Is a sheep used as sacrificial animals? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep in danger of extinction? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep also of value: sheep tallow can be used in candle and soap making? ¶
A: Yes, and sheep bone and cartilage has been used to furnish carved items such as dice and buttons as well as rendered glue and gelatin.
Q: Is a sheep seasonal breeders? ¶
A: Yes, although some are able to breed year-round.
Q: Is a sheep often used as symbols of virility and power? ¶
A: Yes, the logos of the Los Angeles Rams football team and the Dodge Ram pickup truck allude to males of the bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis.
Q: Is a sheep similar to the early domesticated sheep kept before woolly breeds were developed? ¶
A: Yes, and are raised for meat and pelts.
Q: Is a sheep thought to have colour vision? ¶
A: Yes, and can distinguish between a variety of colours: black, red, brown, green, yellow and white.
Q: Is a sheep referred to as a ewe? ¶
A: Yes, and an intact male as a ram or occasionally a tup, a castrated male as a wether, and a younger sheep as a lamb.
Q: Is a sheep a multi-purpose animal? ¶
A: Yes, and the more than 200 breeds now in existence were created to serve these diverse purposes.
Q: Is a sheep largely grazing herbivores? ¶
A: Yes, and unlike browsing animals such as goats and deer that prefer taller foliage.
Q: Is a sheep most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep vaccinations and treatments for parasites? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep an element in the Christian iconography of the birth of Jesus? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep especially beneficial for independent producers? ¶
A: Yes, and including family farms with limited resources, as the sheep industry is one of the few types of animal agriculture that has not been vertically integrated by agribusiness.
Q: Is a sheep raised vary widely? ¶
A: Yes, and from pastures that are seeded and improved intentionally to rough, native lands.
Q: Is a sheep not lawnlike grass? ¶
A: Yes, but an array of grasses, legumes and forbs.
Q: Is a sheep culled and some rare British breeds were at risk of extinction due to this? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep generally only exhibited in groups of four or more sheep? ¶
A: Yes, fewer sheep may not react as expected when alone or with few other sheep.
Q: Is a sheep either 0.0.3.34? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep most valued for crossbreeding to improve the attributes of other sheep types? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep one of the few animals where the molecular basis of the diversity of male sexual preferences has been examined? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep the eighth of the twelve animals associated with the 12-year cycle of in the Chinese zodiac? ¶
A: Yes, and related to the Chinese calendar.
Q: Is a sheep called a flock? ¶
A: Yes, and herd or mob.
Q: Is a sheep cheaper to keep? ¶
A: Yes, as they do not need shearing.
Q: Is a sheep a lamb? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep 10 to 12 years? ¶
A: Yes, though some sheep may live as long as 20 years.
Q: Is a sheep occasionally sacrificed to commemorate important secular events in Islamic cultures? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep easily transmitted to pregnant women? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep present in most of the world? ¶
A: Yes, and include cherry, some oaks and acorns, tomato, yew, rhubarb, potato, and rhododendron.
Q: Is a sheep popularly said to be an aid to sleep? ¶
A: Yes, and some ancient systems of counting sheep persist today.
Q: Is a sheep distinctive? ¶
A: Yes, and enabling the ewe and her lambs to recognize each other's vocalizations.
Q: Is a sheep to flee from danger when their flight zone is entered? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep an important part of the global agricultural economy? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep raised for fleece? ¶
A: Yes, and meat and milk.
Q: Is a sheep hay? ¶
A: Yes, and often during the winter months.
Q: Is a sheep considered undesirable by shepherds? ¶
A: Yes, as black wool is not as commercially viable as white wool.
Q: Is a sheep also a useful model for human pregnancy? ¶
A: Yes, and have been used to investigate the effects on fetal development of malnutrition and hypoxia.
Q: Is a sheep often used secondarily as milking animals? ¶
A: Yes, but there are a few breeds that are predominantly used for milking.
Q: Is a sheep exclusively herbivorous mammals? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep not eaten as they were believed to be incarnations of the souls of ancestors? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep relatively small ruminants? ¶
A: Yes, and usually with a crimped hair called wool and often with horns forming a lateral spiral.
Q: Is a sheep usually silent when in pain? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep flock animals and strongly gregarious? ¶
A: Yes, much sheep behavior can be understood on the basis of these tendencies.
Q: Is a sheep also the most numerous species of sheep? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep healthy when purchased? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep the rental of flocks for grazing? ¶
A: Yes, these "mowing services" are hired in order to keep unwanted vegetation down in public spaces and to lessen fire hazard.
Q: Is a sheep not necessarily tied to the price of feed crops such as grain? ¶
A: Yes, and soybeans and corn.
Q: Is a sheep also more resistant to parasites and hot weather? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep generally too large and reproduce too slowly to make ideal research subjects? ¶
A: Yes, and thus are not a common model organism.
Q: Is a sheep the dairy breeds? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep in decline? ¶
A: Yes, this occurrence contradicted the rule of thumb that larger members of a population tend to be more successful reproductively.
Q: Is a sheep those with a medium to long length wool of characteristic coarseness? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep frequently thought of as unintelligent animals? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep attempting to use a few of these traditional breeds for alternative purposes? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a sheep sometimes used in medical research? ¶
A: Yes, and particularly for researching cardiovascular physiology, in areas such as hypertension and heart failure.
Q: Is a sheep most often associated with pastoral? ¶
A: Yes, and Arcadian imagery.
Q: Is a sheep food-oriented? ¶
A: Yes, and association of humans with regular feeding often results in sheep soliciting people for food.
Q: Is a sheep classified as being best suited to furnishing a certain product: wool? ¶
A: Yes, and meat, milk, hides, or a combination in a dual-purpose breed.