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The prequel that discusses the origin of sheep. How were sheep domesticated? Who first decided to cut off their wool instead of killing them and wearing their hides? Did MOBIUS's (what does that stand for?) ancestors drink sheep milk and what made them switch to cows? What is the difference between sheep and goats?
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It's a quite complicated story. It actually started with a sheep that domesticated a welshman. It started as a pure scientific experiment to see if it was possible since there weren't any obvious advantages in it. After some hard work the welshman was trained so he could do some fur grooming, and then the real breakthrough came - sex ! It was a perfect match and as the rumor spread more and more sheep domesticated a welshman.
Though, this was also the misfortune for the sheep. Until that happened, they had lived quite unnoticed by humans, but because there were occational contacts between humans and the welsh, humans also discovered sheep and soon found out that they could deliver wool and meat.
That is the true story of the domestication of sheep
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Sheep were actually one of the first animals domesticated after dogs. Guns, Germs, and Steel went into the traits which made them such good candidates for domestication (the whole herd follows one alpha male so if the human can gain control over the alpha then they gain control of the whole flock, they like to stay packed in close together instead of needing lots of their own space, they ate the left over stuff which early human farmers produced, they mature quickly which means you can eat a lot of them but still keep a healthy herd, their wool milk and hides were valuable as well as their meat, and they were the right size to not be a threat to humans) where as cows actually took some doing to domesticate no least because Aurochs started out as bloody big animals and humans actually deliberately bred them to be smaller so they'd be easier to manage and be less of a physical threat to farmers.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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I thought from the thread title that this was going to be about Fox News and Tea Party people.A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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That's because you're a jackass more than anything. Thinking it or just saying you thought it is all the same result. You're a jackass.
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I can hear you bleating loud and clear, Slowwy.Originally posted by SlowwHand View PostThat's because you're a jackass more than anything. Thinking it or just saying you thought it is all the same result. You're a jackass.
"BAAAH!! BAAAAH!!"A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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