Maybe this is what they call tunnel vision
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
Rockingham, Australia
September 29, 2018 5:16pm CST
While I was at the Perth Royal Show in Western Australia helping my nephew with his goats, I made time to wander through the sheep pavilion and took photos of several of the different breeds. My father used to exhibit Merino sheep and Suffolk sheep many years ago and I’ve always been interested in the different breeds.
For a while we also bred Dorset Horns which you can see here. They are one of the British breeds and originated in the English county of Dorset. They are used to produce fat lambs for meat and the wool is of good quality too. Its most distinguishing feature is the large, curled horns. The horns have made the breed less popular nowadays. Other features of the breed are the pink nose and light-coloured hooves. Dorset ewes will often lamb three times in two years or occasionally twice a year which seems a bit like overkill to me.
I love seeing the different breeds of sheep and took photos of several of the more unusual ones. I'm not sure how this ram manages to see.
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@stringer321 (5682)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
30 Sep 18
I hope it can look straight forward without rotating his head to the sides.
It's like having an obstacle in front and one can only roll his eyes to the sides to see something. :-(
Poor life for an animal, doomed to get killed for meat and fur.
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@stringer321 (5682)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
30 Sep 18
@JudyEv I hope he doesn't behave like the Angry Ram from youtube. that ram is aggressive :-)
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@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Oct 18
@stringer321 Some rams get very aggro, don't they?
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@wolfgirl569 (135770)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Sep 18
Those horns are different. Poor guy.
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@wolfgirl569 (135770)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Sep 18
@JudyEv They would have too. I dont know if they are hollow like a goats but Mister G.'s horns had some weight to them when I had them cut off. And they were not that long.
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@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Sep 18
@wolfgirl569 I don't think they're hollow but I'm not sure.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
29 Sep 18
We raised sheep when our children were little. We would get two lambs in the spring and let them grown until just before the first frost. I think we had Suffolk lambs. They sure produced some tasty meat.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
30 Sep 18
@JudyEv we grew our lambs because we were "poor".
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@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Sep 18
@Morleyhunt We were farmers but for years the best were always kept to sell and we had what wouldn't sell or wouldn't bring a good price.
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@anya12adwi (10292)
• India
30 Sep 18
How can that sheep see?? Can he see?? Because I can't see his eyes behind his curled horns..
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@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Sep 18
@anya12adwi Do you not have sheep there or do you live where there aren't any?
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@anya12adwi (10292)
• India
30 Sep 18
@JudyEv Yes,it would have been difficult for the sheep.. You are lucky to witness these creatures in real.. I have not yet
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@celticeagle (189833)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Sep 18
The poor thing.I think that seeing is so important in life.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
30 Sep 18
I sort of got the joke, I think, I was surprised to not see it's eyes. I read a lot of your responses and replies and you're right they must be able to manage somehow. Maybe their horns reverberate when they get closer to things. Course that wouldn't help them find grass.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
30 Sep 18
I agree with your sight assessment. Is that what you meant by tunnel vision? It's a bit funny although it doesn't look like it's eyes can be seen in the middle so it's seem it more like wall vision except no one knows what that is.
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@Deepizzaguy (122162)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Sep 18
The ram in this picture probably uses his instincts to lead the way when he is walking.
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@Deepizzaguy (122162)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Sep 18
@JudyEv It could be since most blind people or animals use their other senses to walk safely.
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
30 Sep 18
So I wonder if they can see trough the big area in the middle of where their horns go around. Maybe they can see though that area.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Sep 18
That is amazing. What horns.
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