Sheep have generally very good vision. The position of the eye allows for wide peripheral vision \u2013 with each eye they can span some 145\u00b0. Binocular vision is much narrower \u2013 40\u00b0 wide. They have no vision 2-3cm immediately in front of the nose. After locating a threat in their peripheral vision, they turn to examine it with binocular vision.\u00a0They have a blind spot at rear around 70\u00b0 which is wider than the cow and useful when catching sheep.<\/p>\n
Sheep tracks are never straight as sheep continually turn to watch behind them. They have colour vision but it\u2019s not as well developed as in humans. They often react in fear to novel colours that they\u2019re not used to, eg yellow rain gear.\u00a0Sheep remember flock mates for very long periods (years) after separation.<\/p>\n
Smell
\nSheep have a good sense of smell and will not eat mouldy or musty feed.\u00a0Smell is a major factor in rams locating ewes in heat.\u00a0Smell is also vital in lamb identification by the dam. Linked to sight recognition.
\nSheep are very sensitive to predator smells. Feed intake was measured with different predator smells on it. See below:
\nCoyote smell normal intake 8.38kg\/head with odour 0.45
\nFox smell normal intake 8.69kg\/head with odour 0.37
\nCougar smell normal intake 9.32kg\/head with odour 0.47<\/p>\n
Hearing
\nSheep have acute hearing and they can direct their ears to the direction of the sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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