如果绵羊没有剪毛会怎么样？

What happens to a sheep if it is not sheared?
如果绵羊没有剪毛会怎么样？

回答者：Davide Fiore

This is Shrek.⁣这是史莱克。

He was just your everyday, average, run-of-the-mill Merino sheep living in South Island, New Zealand when he decided to escape from his enclosure and make a break for it to some nearby caves.
它仅仅是你每天常见的，生活在新西兰南岛的生产线上的美利奴羊，它逃离了羊圈，并弄了个大洞通往附近的洞穴。

He managed to live on his own for 6 years before he was eventually tracked down by his owner John Perrian, who had this to say when he finally found him, "He looked like some biblical creature."⁣
在被他的主人约翰佩利安追捕回之前，他努力独自生活了6年，他的主人抓到他时顺，他看起来想圣经中的动物。

⁣While some sheep breeds naturally shed their wool, (i.e. Bighorn sheep in North America) Merino sheep never do. Their wool will continue to grow until it completely engulfs them and even impair their vision (what you would call "wool blind"). Domesticated sheep have evolved based on the way humans have groomed them for thousands of years.
某些品种的羊天生生产羊毛，（例如北美大角羊）但是美利奴羊不是这样。它们的羊毛持续生长直到完全把它们的身体盖住，甚至遮挡它们的视野（也就是所谓的羊毛致盲）。在经过人类喂养千年以来，被驯服了的它们也进化了。

The earliest domestication of sheep dates back to 11,000 BCE in ancient Mesopotamia, where they were primarily used for meat, milk and wool.
最早的绵羊驯化要追溯到公元前11000年的美索不达米亚，那里人们最早使用它们获取肉，牛奶和羊毛。

After 6 years without a shave, Shrek had enough wool on his body to produce 20 suits for large men. In total, his fleece weighed 60 pounds.⁣
因为6年没剪，史莱克身上的羊毛多到足够为高大的男人做20件衣服。总之，他的羊毛重达60磅。

Shrek's fleece was shaved off on national television and then auctioned off to support medical charities for children. He even got to meet the Prime Minister and has since been depicted in several children's books.⁣ Sadly, Shrek passed away in 2011 at the age of 16.
史莱克的羊毛在中央电视台直播中被剪下来后，进行了拍卖以资助儿童医疗慈善机构。他甚至得以面见首相，并且被记录在一些儿童书里。遗憾的是，史莱克在2011年离世，享年16岁。