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Main ingredients. Lamb head. Media: Smalahove. Smalahove (also called smalehovud, sau (d)ehau (d) or skjelte) is a Western Norwegian traditional dish made from a sheep 's head, originally eaten before Christmas. [1] The name of the dish comes from the combination of the Norwegian words hove and smale. Hove is a dialectal form of hovud, meaning ...
Tallinn Zoo is a zoo in Tallinn, Estonia, that was founded in 1939. It is the only zoo in Estonia, [ 7 ] and as of 2012, it housed 13,336 animals representing 548 species . [ 2 ] Since 2009, it is the most visited zoo in the Baltic states.
Finnsheep. The Finnish Landrace, Finn or Finnsheep is a breed of domestic sheep native to Finland. It is one of several Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds, but is notable for its high incidence of multiple births – it is common for a ewe to have three, four, or even five lambs at once. The lambs are often small, but are vigorous at ...
black/brown. Face colour. black/brown with a white blaze. Sheep. Ovis aries. The Zwartbles is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Friesland region of the north Netherlands. There it was primarily used for the production of sheep milk as well as lamb and mutton. They were often kept alongside dairy cattle herds.
Awassi sheep can be kept under a wide range of production systems, from nomadic flocks relying on natural pasture in semi-arid areas where lamb production is the primary products, to intensive dairy flocks where milk and lambs contribute almost equally to the flock gross income, and it is known for its hardiness and adaptability. [citation needed]
The Meatmaster is a breed of domestic sheep native to South Africa. Bred in the early 1990s from various hair sheep breeds, the Meatmaster was created with the goal of improving the meat characteristics of African fat-tailed sheep breeds. [2] The fat-tailed sheep had various advantageous characteristics such as hardiness and suitability for ...
Fat-tailed sheep at a livestock market in Kashgar, China. The fat-tailed sheep is a general type of domestic sheep known for their distinctive large tails and hindquarters. . Fat-tailed sheep breeds comprise approximately 25% of the world's sheep population, [1] and are commonly found in northern parts of Africa, the Middle East, and various Central Asian countries, Afghanistan, Pakistan and ...
The Valais Blacknose is a dual-purpose breed, reared for both meat and wool. The wool is coarse: fibre diameter averages approximately 38 microns, and staple length is 100 mm (4 in) or more. [4]: 940 The annual yield of wool is about 4 kg (10 lb) per head. [3]: 281. Near Zermatt, with the Matterhorn in the background.