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Folkmanis Bleating Sheep Hand Puppet

Yes, you herd right: a new bleating sheep grazes in Folkmanis pastures. The Folkmanis bleating sheep Hand Puppet has a sweet, comical face and a soft, silvery fleece that ewe will surely love. Animate her mouth as you gently squeeze her body to hear her bleat.

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) live in flocks, and their voices hold the group together. A ewe and her lamb learn each other's bleat within hours of birth and use it to reunite among hundreds of look-alike neighbours. As ruminants, sheep crop grass quickly and chew it through a second time later while lying down. A mobile upper lip lets them pick out individual blades, which is why they graze a pasture so close. When danger appears the flock bunches together rather than scattering.

Did you know that sheep develop something close to accents? British researchers recorded the calls of separate groups over several months and found that the sounds within a flock drift towards one another. A newcomer gradually takes on the tone of its neighbours.

Lenght approx.: 38 cm
Playability: mouth, makes sounds
Height approx.: 20 cm
Weight approx.: 181 g
Publication year: July 2015
Care Instructions: Care and Cleaning Guide
Importer:
JH-Products
Winterhäuser Str. 81
97084 Würzburg
Germany
Email: info@jh-products.de