Drysdale Male Sheep Picture Agrodome Rotorua New Zealand
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A close up picture of a male Drysdale sheep on display at the Agrodome in Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island of New Zealand.

The Drysdale breed of sheep originated in New Zealand after a man named Dr. Francis Dry noticed a genetic appearance and crossed a Romney and Cheviot to create a sheep with a lot of coarse, long staple wool. This male Drysdale sheep is at a show at the Agrodome in Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand and stood still long enough for us to capture a close up picture of its cute face.

After the Drysdale sheep became popular, the demand from carpet manufacturers became overwhelming in the 1960's as the wool was used in computing environments where static electricity was a huge problem. Because of the coarse wool gene in the Drysdale breed of sheep, both species were horned with the males being curved and long whereas the females were small and only about 8 or 9 centimeters in length.

The Drysdale sheep are a medium sized animal which grow to be about 55 kilograms in weight and their fleece being about 6 kilograms in weight with a 40 micron diameter and a staple of 200 to 300 mm. Throughout New Zealand, there are about 600,000 Drysdale sheep and many can be seen at the Agrodome in Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island of New Zealand.

Drysdale Breed of Sheep, Male, at the Agrodome in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand.