The next time you're in a sheep-filled field, have a close look at a sheep, but not too close because they stink. What you'll realise is that sheep are a very odd species.

If ever a dog and a goat became somehow fused together at the face, something resembling a sheep might be the unfortunate result: and that doesn't even take into account the wool!

What good is a sheep's wool to the sheep? No good at all! In fact, a sheep's wool must be shaved off every summer, or they overheat and burst into flames!

Yes, sheep are an odd species indeed.

Despite this oddness, there are many people who are unusually fond of sheep. Some (Americans) go so far as to marry them!

Albert Jones of Wales, England, didn't go quite that far. But he did go further than most! Here's how far he went: he kept a sheep in his house as a pet! That's fairly far!

And thanks mainly to his diet (pies), this domesticated sheep, known as 'Fred Ouch', now holds the WOW for the heaviest sheep!
Fred Ouch weighs in at an incredible 22 stone!

WOW!