Sheep \ˈshēp\
Species: Ovis Aries
Arabic: kharouf (male)
na'aja (female)
Sheep (Ovis
Aries) may be the first domesticated ruminant, tamed by nomadic people in
the Middle East and Asia 11,000 years ago, perhaps even before agriculture gave rise
to civilization. Thousands of years before sheep appear in the writings of
Abrahamic faiths, they were slaughtered for religious rituals. Sheep is one of
the animals mentioned by name in the Qur’an.
Sheep are gregarious in nature; they flock together or love to be with a group. They are defenseless for the most part against predators. Sheep in other hand are precocial; they
have a high degree of independence at birth that they can stand on their feet
shortly after birth.
Sheep meat and milk were one of the
earliest staple proteins consumed by human civilization. Sheep meat prepared
for food is known as either mutton or lamb. Mutton refers to a meat of
an adult sheep. A sheep in its first year is called a lamb; and its meat is
also called lamb which is the most expensive.
A sheep is believed to have become the
most expensive animal trade of the year in Saudi Arabia after selling for 1
million riyals.
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