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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-18-04 09:41 AM
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Farmer amazed by 'woolly mammoth'
BBC News


Big friendly giant Griff towers above five-year-old Sam

A Yorkshire farm has raised one of the biggest sheep in the country - weighing in at an incredible 20 stone.

And five-year-old Griff the giant Oxford Down ram is still growing.

Farmer Jean Richardson said: "Oxford Downs are the biggest breed in Britain. We've never seen one as big has him and he's getting bigger by the hour!"

The "woolly mammoth", as he is known by locals in Leven, East Yorkshire, is the stock ram of the third oldest sheep flock in the British Isles.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4021927.stm
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Rjnerd Donating Member (351 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-18-04 09:44 AM
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1. For those that don't speak British
Thats 280 lb.
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-18-04 09:50 AM
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2. I thought a stone = 20lb.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-18-04 09:53 AM
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4. I had always thought that too, but it's only 14 lbs.
Thanks, English measurement system! :eyes:
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UL_Approved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-18-04 09:51 AM
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3. Seems pretty friendly for a guy his size
I guess he wouldn't have any need for small-mans syndrome, now would he?
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