I'm sometimes surprised to find how many different varieties of certain vegetables there are. Often these look a lot different from what I'm used to. You can get the same variety in different breeds of animals.
Sheep wouldn't be my first choice for a pet. While DD has to take Garbanzo and Waffles the dogs to the groomer and I sometime enjoy the experience of picking them up, I never had a dog that required special grooming.
The fact that shearing now costs more than the wool for nearly all sheep is a little sad. What does it cost to have a sheep sheared? Sure seems like it would discourage their popularity while their ease of keeping and other qualities should encourage it.
Steve who can even imagine milking a ewe - cheese!