SHEEP 
Mammal    -    Vertebrate    -    Herbivore    
Sheep ...
  • Graze for an average of seven hours a day  
  • Like to eat grass, clover, forbs (a broad leaf, flowering plant), and other pasture plants  
  • When fresh forage is not available, they are usually fed stored or harvested feeds, such as hay, silage and grains  
  • Live in fields and barns on agricultural farms
  • Do not like to walk in water or to move through narrow openings ... and they don't like shadows or harsh contrasts between light and dark  
  • Shepherds use dogs to move sheep, because the sheep consider a dog as a predator.  They will, therefore, flock together for protection and move away from the danger  
  • Can see in colour with a field of vision of 270 degrees (which might be affected by the amount of wool on the face)  
  • If a sheep finds itself on its back, then it will need to be helped because they cannot get up from that position
  • Hold their tails downward, whilst goats hold their up
  • Can survive for up to two weeks buried in a snow drift
  • Black sheep have a better sense of smell
  • Can see behind themselves without moving their heads
  • Herds of sheep moved at night must have a white light at the front and a red light at the rear

   Male   ..........................................   Rams
   Female  .......................................   Ewe, Dam
   Young  .........................................   Lamb, Lambkin, Coss

COLLECTIVE NOUNS
  1. A down of sheep
  2. A drift of sheep
  3. A drove of sheep
  4. A fall of lambs
  5. A flock of sheep
  6. A fold of sheep
  7. A herd of sheep
  8. A meinie of sheep
  9. A mob of sheep
  10. A parcel of sheep
  11. A pride of sheep
  12. A trip of sheep
SIMILES
1.    As gentle as a lamb
2.    As innocent as a lamb
3.    As meek as a lamb
4.    As stupid as sheep
5.    A mob of rams

IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS
  1. A wolf in sheep's clothing
  2. As meek as a lamb
  3. As well to be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
  4. Count sheep
  5. Every time a sheep bleats, it loses a nibble
  6. Go like a lamb to the slaughter 
  7. In like a lion, out like a lamb
  8. In two shakes of a lamb's tail
  9. Lamb of God
  10. Like a lamb to the slaughter
  11. Like a flock of sheep
  12. Mutton dressed as lamb
  13. One might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
  14. Separate the sheep from the gate    
  15. The black sheep of the family
  16. To look sheepish
  17. To make sheep's eyes at ...
  18. To separate the sheep from the goats
  19. Two shakes of a lamb's tail
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BLACK AND WHITE SHEEP
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EWE WITH LAMB
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BLACK LAMB
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LAMB