Thursday, July 5, 2012

Sheep

While visiting poezeoma, the weather was nice enough for a bike ride. On our (a bit longer than planned) ride we came across this herd of sheep, their dog and shepherd.

We stopped to pet the dog and talk to the shepherd. To our surprise he told us the herd consisted of 200 sheep! He told us that Jim, the dog, was able to keep track of up to 500 sheep!

The sheep help to maintain the local landscape (read living lawnmowers) and also to spread the different species of plants.

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