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Examples
Examples of Extreme Sheep:extremely useful for scientific study |
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This photo shows patches of wool remaining on the rump region of a sheep born with a normal fleece cover but featuring progressive wool loss with age. |
The sheep shown was a merino that was completely bald at birth, has since grown a fleece but is now shedding its fibres. Simon Bawden is holding a staple of fleece that was pulled from the skin with minimal effort. |
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The parted fleece of the felting lustre mutant merino shows the high lustre of the wool and lack of crimp in the fibres. |
This sheep is a felting lustre mutant - (see close-up of parted fleece). |
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Samples of wool from a normal merino (left side) and a felting lustre mutant merino (right side). Note the defined crimp pattern in the normal fibres, compared with the wavy fibres of the lustre mutant. |
This photo shows a sample of wool from a felting lustre mutant sheep. |
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Simon Bawden shown examining a sample of felting lustre wool. |
A merino shedding its fibres. |
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| Photo's Courtesy of Stock Journal | ||
