A Tasmanian farmer-couple recently discovered what might just be the world’s woolliest sheep. They’ve named the super-fluffy creature ‘Shaun’. As it turns out, Shaun has never had his coat cut, and it is at least half-a-meter thick now. In fact he appears to have been on the run ever since he escaped the shearers at his former farm on Tasmania’s east coast, at least 25 miles away. It is estimated that Shaun has been wandering across the island for the past six years!
一對塔斯馬尼亞的農(nóng)民夫婦最近發(fā)現(xiàn)了可能是世界上最多羊毛的綿羊。他們把這頭毛茸茸的羊命名為肖恩。肖恩從來沒有剪過毛，到現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)有至少半米厚。實際上它是從之前位于25英里之外的塔斯馬尼亞東岸的農(nóng)場剪毛工手里逃出來的。在過去六年里，肖恩一直在島上晃悠著！

Peter Hazel said that he and his wife Netty found Shaun wandering in scrubland on their property last Sunday. He was actually quite easy to catch, what with 20 kilograms of extra fleece weighing him down. His wool was just all over the place, even falling over his eyes and obstructing his vision. “He couldn’t see very well because of the wool over his face, so I snuck up behind him and grabbed him,” said Peter. “Then Netty and I went and got the ute and put him in the back and brought him into the yard.”“It is the heaviest sheep I’ve ever lifted,” said Netty. “I just couldn’t believe it, I just could not believe a sheep could have so much wool.”
彼得·黑茲爾說，他和妻子妮蒂上周日在自家的灌木叢中找到的肖恩。他們很容易就抓到了它，因為重達(dá)20kg的羊毛無疑拖了它的后腿。它的毛長得雜亂無章，甚至落到了眼前阻擋視線?！耙驗槟樕系拿皇呛苣芸吹们宄晕覐谋澈笄那倪^去抓住了它。”彼得說，“然后我們找了輛車把它帶回了農(nóng)場。” 妮蒂說，“這真的是我抓過最重的羊了。這太不可思議了，我從來不知道一頭羊居然可以長這么多毛?！?/div>

The couple told reporters that it was a miracle the six-year-old Merino ram survived in the wild for such a long time. Because of all that wool, he could have easily suffered a heat stroke or myiasis from fly larvae.?“I thought it would be almost impossible for a sheep to go that long and have such good wool on him. It’s surprisingly good-quality wool.”
這對夫婦告訴記者，這頭六歲的美利奴羊能在荒野存活如此之久簡直是個奇跡。因為羊毛太重，它隨時可能因太熱而中風(fēng)或者染上蠅蛆病。“一頭羊能活這么久，還帶著這么好的羊毛真的很不可思議。這些羊毛都是質(zhì)量上乘的?！?/div>

Shaun is finally being clipped this week, and locals are excited to see if he can break the world record for fleece yield. The current record for most amount of fleece belongs to a New Zealand sheep called ‘Shrek’ – he produced a whopping 27 kilograms of wool in 2004. He had become so popular that he was actually put on a nationwide tour that included a meeting with the Prime Minister.
肖恩最終在這周被修剪了羊毛，當(dāng)?shù)厝硕己芘d奮想看看它到底有沒有打破羊毛產(chǎn)量的世界吉尼斯紀(jì)錄。目前的記錄持有者是新西蘭一頭叫做史萊克的羊，它在2004年產(chǎn)出了27kg的羊毛。自此它便一炮走紅，甚至還來了一趟全國巡演，還與總理進(jìn)行了會面。?