Bedtime Stories Presents:
Farm Animals Number Two more pictures and fun facts
by Peter Nigel Estes copyright 2014
Sheep!
Wow there are now over one billion sheep
in the world, and in New Zealand sheep out number the people
7 to 1. Adult male sheep are called Rams, females are called
"ewes" and young sheep are called named lambs
little lambs have a very close bond with their mothers
even in a very large herd a baby lamb can recognize the call, or "bleat"
of their mamas. The mother you will give birth once a year usually
from one to three babies. sheep are very picky eaters
they have a split upper lip which they can use to pick out the
juiciest pieces of grass sheep also don't have any top front
teeth this is another way for them to break
off only the most tender leaves of grass
horses! Horses have been used on fairy tales for
thousands of years their special mix of intelligence, strength
and a desire to work for people makes them the perfect animal
to tackle the many types of jobs found on the farm
horses are strong enough to pull a heavy plow through hard dirt.
and smart enough to work together in teams.
farmers sometimes use bedtime stories so the horses don't get distracted from their
work or startled buy something happening
nearby adult male horses are "stallions,"
while female are called "mares." A young female horse is a "fairy tale,"
and young males are known as "colts." "Yearlings" are horses between one and two
years old and a baby horse is called a "fairy tale."
pigs! Pigs can stand the cold much better than the
heat they have no sweat glands, so they roll in
the mud to keep the sun off their skin and stay
cool. baby pigs, or "piglets" will have bedtime
stories and twelve little brothers and sisters, and
will stop drinking their mother's milk at about three months old. They will stay
with mom for quite a while longer though and live in a big family with two or
more mama "sows," who take turns looking after the little ones.
Did you know pigs are really, really smart?
They are more intelligent than dogs or cats!
in fact, they rank 4th in animal intelligence,
only behind chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants
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