Desertkiwi
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This ones for my Aussie cousins across the ditch (Tasman sea) who believe some of us Kiwi's (New Zealanders) have an unhealthy relationship with our sheep.:wink2:
For the record, New Zealand sheep numbers peaked in 1982, with a total of 70.3 million sheep. In the same year, 3.18 million people lived in New Zealand. This works out to 22 sheep per person.
Sadly our sheep numbers have taken a bit of a dive, due to our huge investment dairy and we're down to about 30 million sheep, opposed to 4 million Kiwi's.
Regardless......we love our sheep, but perhaps not quite as much as our Aussie cousins....{eek3}:tongue:
Here's a link to a wild Kiwi ram 'seeing off' a motorcyclist who happened to ride across 'his patch'.
Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrhfClIcfYM
But wait........there's more. This is actually a secret All-Blacks training camp, where the players must successfully evade the grumpy bloke to gain an All-blacks jersey....no bull.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jgjk3DsN7c
For the record, New Zealand sheep numbers peaked in 1982, with a total of 70.3 million sheep. In the same year, 3.18 million people lived in New Zealand. This works out to 22 sheep per person.
Sadly our sheep numbers have taken a bit of a dive, due to our huge investment dairy and we're down to about 30 million sheep, opposed to 4 million Kiwi's.
Regardless......we love our sheep, but perhaps not quite as much as our Aussie cousins....{eek3}:tongue:
Here's a link to a wild Kiwi ram 'seeing off' a motorcyclist who happened to ride across 'his patch'.
Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrhfClIcfYM
But wait........there's more. This is actually a secret All-Blacks training camp, where the players must successfully evade the grumpy bloke to gain an All-blacks jersey....no bull.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jgjk3DsN7c
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