Lily
by Sarah Loft
Title
Lily
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Lily is a pet on my brother Lee's ranch in Florida. Since her mother's death she is the only sheep on the ranch and generally hangs out with Lee's three pet pigs.
Per Wikipedia: The sheep (Ovis aries) is a quadrupedal, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name "sheep" applies to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to Ovis aries. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female sheep is referred to as a ewe (/juː/), an intact male as a ram or occasionally a tup, a castrated male as a wether, and a younger sheep as a lamb.
Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleece, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvested by shearing. Ovine meat is called lamb when from younger animals and mutton when from older ones. Sheep continue to be important for wool and meat today, and are also occasionally raised for pelts, as dairy animals, or as model organisms for science.
Sheep husbandry is practised throughout the majority of the inhabited world, and has been fundamental to many civilizations. In the modern era, Australia, New Zealand, the southern and central South American nations, and the British Isles are most closely associated with sheep production.
Being a key animal in the history of farming, sheep have a deeply entrenched place in human culture, and find representation in much modern language and symbology. As livestock, sheep are most often associated with pastoral, Arcadian imagery. Sheep figure in many mythologies—such as the Golden Fleece—and major religions, especially the Abrahamic traditions. In both ancient and modern religious ritual, sheep are used as sacrificial animals.
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Featured in the Animal Photographs group, September 2018.
Featured in the Our 4-Legged Friends group, September 2018.
Featured in the 500 Views group, September 2018.
Featured in the USA Photographers Only group, February 2020.
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October 11th, 2017
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Comments (14)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #14 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
wonderful capture... nominated for special feature in the 1000 View group Facebook promotion
Mariola Bitner
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.”
Linda Crockett
Aw, Lily is sweet, I know a Lily sheep, too! Beautiful portrait, Sarah! l/f
Sarah Loft replied:
Thank you, Linda! Lily is such a great name for a sheep, I'm not surprised there are others.