Name: The strange case of the...
Uploaded: 2025-11-11T10:49:24.940Z
Description: The researchers hypothesized that the pregnant ewes had snacked on poisonous birth defect-causing plants. They collected the local flora and fed samples to lab rats, but struggled to replicate the effect. So they decided to directly observe the sheep

Anthony Doerr

In my early 20s, a friend and I worked for a few months on a sheep farm in New Zealand. Working with ewes, I learned a lot about the power of wool - how it keeps you cool when you're hot, warm when you're cold, dry when you're wet.

American Writer

Ruhollah Khomeini

If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed and as quickly as possible and burned.

Iranian Statesman

Wendell Berry

When you are new at sheep-raising and your ewe has a lamb, your impulse is to stay there and help it nurse and see to it and all. After a while, you know that the best thing you can do is walk out of the barn.

American Poet

Joe Lycett

I nearly got hit by a car while I was trying to write a stupid joke but a female sheep stood in the way. I can't thank ewe enough.

British Comedian

The term 'ewe' is not just any sheep; it refers specifically to female sheep.

Gender Specific

'Ewe' usually refers to an adult female sheep rather than a lamb.

Mature Females

The word 'ewe' is common in farming and livestock contexts, often concerning breeding.

Agricultural Context

 The researchers hypothesized that the pregnant ewes had snacked on poisonous birth defect-causing plants. They collected the local flora and fed samples to lab rats, but struggled to replicate the effect. So they decided to directly observe the sheep

Ewe

Compare with

Never forget "Ewe"

WordUp Chrome Extension