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This is some useful information about sheep.

Female sheep are called ewes and male sheep are called rams. Baby sheep until they reach one year old are called lambs. These lambs will stand shortly after being born and grow rapidly, weighing between 110-120 pounds by the time they are six month old.

Sheep do not have top front teeth; instead they have a hard dental pad on the roof of their mouths. This helps them eat grass and weeds. Sheep like cows are ruminants. This means they have four sections in their stomach, which helps in the digestion process.

The wool that sheep grow on their bodies is known as fleece. I must be cut each year in a process known as shearing. The wool that is sheared from a single sheep can weight 8 –12 pounds. Sheep not only provide wool but lotions, medicines, felt, leather, waxes and hair for artists’ brushes as well as seat covers even the milk from sheep is drank in many countries.