• Question: do sheep get heavier when it rains?????

    Asked by keelyh90210xx to Darren, Deuan, Duncan, Lori-An, Michelle on 17 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Deuan Jones

      Deuan Jones answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      That’s the best question I’ve heard all day – surely they must do.

    • Photo: Michelle Hudson-Shore

      Michelle Hudson-Shore answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      I don’t think so because as far as I know their wooly coats are water repellant.

    • Photo: Lori-An Etherington

      Lori-An Etherington answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      I suppose if you weighed a dry sheep and then let it get soaked in a downpour and weighed it again, it would be heavier when it was all wet because so much water would be sticking in its fur? (I am thinking of a big fluffy sheep, might get a different result with one that had just been sheared?). Then again when a sheep dries out it doesn’t shrink so maybe the water doesn’t penetrate the fur. I am tempted to find a sheep and try now 🙂

    • Photo: Darren Nesbeth

      Darren Nesbeth answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Yes, if they soak up some water which adds to their weight.

      If they avoid the rain then they won’t get heavier.

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