Secret of Scotland's Shrinking Sheep Solved

ScienceNOW Daily News ^ | 2 July 2009 | Nayanah Siva

[Battle Axe]

Sheep or anything with low birth weight are not prone to being small. The genes control that as well as amount of feed. If the winters are less harsh, then small born sheep would grow more not less.

I agree with the shrinking breeding population, called sympatrick breeding populations...no outside genes coming in.

Bulking up would be a yearly thing, and growth is altogether a different thing. They would grow to their potential if nutrients are available.

This is some crappy dim trying to push global warming etc, which does NOT exist. If anything it is global cooling. We have had two hot days all summer, now the leaves are turning.

BA

[Mr. K]

"Researchers say climate change is the real culprit."

DING! DING! DING! I KNEW THERE WAS A *GOOD* REASON!