... is what it can eat and what it can die of. “ - Exmoor saying
So, you know how we always say that these sayings derive from farmers’ frustrations at sheep, being prey animals, being so danged good at masking any problems? That in the wild, a predator would be quick to spot a weakness, and pick that animal off, so survival lay in being able to look normal?
Well, I was thinking. Surely by now, after centuries of domestication, there should be an evolutionary pressure on sheep that tell you they’re sick, so you can treat them, and they can recover and breed again!