A sheep in Australia that had been wandering in the wild for many years was found by rescuers, covered with thick wool that exceeded its own weight, and to save its life, more than 35 kilograms of wool were cut at once.
A passerby reportedly found the sheep in the woods near Lansfield, Victoria, and reported it to the local Edgar Mission Farm.
This hermit sheep is covered in thick wool
The farm workers found the sheep, only to see that it was covered with heavy wool, and only the face and four hooves were still visible. It survives in the wild by eating grass.
The sheep was named "Baarack". The Barak belonged to the Merino rams and weighed 35.4 kg of wool sheared. Merino sheep do not shed their wool on their own, they need to be trimmed at least once a year, and the wool will continue to grow.
The sheep looked like after being cut off 35 kilograms at once
Kyle Behrend, a farm worker at Edgar Mission, said it looked like Barak had "once been a sheep on his own farm" and had escaped for years.
Berend said: "Because it has signs of having worn ear tags in its ears. Now the ear tag is gone, and it should have been ripped off by the thick fluff on its face. ”
Rescuers said Barak was in a bit of a bad physical condition, "he was underweight and could barely see anything before shearing it was covered by wool.".
Before it was sheared, it was almost impossible to see because the wool obscured it
The record of shearing 35 kilograms of wool at once even surpasses that of the famous New Zealand sheep "Shrek", who was captured in 2005 after six years of escape.
"Shrek" was eventually lost 27 kilograms of wool and became famous. It even "met" with then-New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark before his death in 2011.
A 2014 media analysis estimated that Shrek's wool could be used to produce 47.3 wool sweaters.
Under the assumption of a 70% yield, Barak's wool is equivalent to making 61.3 cardigans, or 490 pairs of men's wool socks.
Nandu reporter Shi Minglei