The oddest domesticated animals in the world are fat-tailed sheep, bred by the farmers of Shantung province, China. They are raised for the fine quality of their wool and for the oil, considered a great delicacy, which is extracted from their tails. The tails are often so large that they hamper the sheep's movements. In that event the Chinese provide a small i two-wheeled cart to carry tho£eajnr
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 259, 3 November 1933, Page 12
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