Royal Highland Show: Scotland fleeces rivals to take sheep-shearing cupFordyce Maxwell
“Because they browse, goats spend a lot of time investigating things. They are forever nibbling on and eating things,” Cathy Dwyer, a professor at Scotland's Rural College, tellsNPR. “So they have more exploratory, investigate behavior because of their feeding style. They appear to be more...
Wool is mainly obtained by shearing fleece from living animals, but pelts of slaughtered sheep are sometimes treated to loosen the fibre, yielding an inferior type called pulled wool. Cleaning the fleece removes “wool grease,” the fatty substance purified to makelanolin(q.v.), a by-product ...