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Sheep

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Habitat: The domestic sheep lives in a variety of habitats throughout the world ranging from temperate montane forests to desert areas.


Food: It feeds on grasses, although it can eat leaves, branches and herbaceous plants, even the most fibrous, since they have a digestive system that allows them to digest them.


Habits: It has a highly developed grazing instinct. You can form groups, whose social system is based on a single leader. It feeds during the day, but can rest in the hottest hours and be active at night.


It is interesting that… Sheep can recognize and distinguish between at least 50 different individuals and remember events and images for a period of up to two years

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