When it rains, why don't sheep shrink?
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They're wash and wear only.
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Because people are sheep.
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They can hunker down in deep grasses. The snow and grass act as insulation keeping them warm.\n\nWhat's cooler (pun intended) than this is to look at tree squirrels, who have nests high in trees open to the blowing wind. Even they stay warm while being that exposed. The nests help trap body heat while breaking the wind.\n\nNature has some remarkable methods to keep animals warm.
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Usually,this is due to irrigation- When I was a boy, I never saw that occur until we got irrigation- and then it was on still, humid days with a rapid drop in temp at night- The moisture that is on the fields, which is much higher than that in the surrounding area, evaporates to a higher degree (obviously, because there is more water) but stays close to the field because of the stillness of the air- then, when the temp drops, the air becomes super-saturated with water, and voila, fog.
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It is not just a question of footing.  The players wear cleats and can hold their balance on wet ground.  The reason they do not play in the rain is because of the baseball.\n\nBaseballs are made from cowhide, aka leather, which gets VERY slippery when wet.  Because of this, players cannot keep a grip on the baseball, it becomes to hazardous to the pitchers and the fielders.
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Yes they can.  The heat causes them to shrink.
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i always thought it was because there was no humidity in the air...probably wrong, anyway. or maybe its because the warm climate doesnt allow the moisture to turn back into water. who knows? prob a weatherman.
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An encounter with Sheep
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They huddle under the leaves of shrubs, vines, and trees. Grassland birds nest within thick grasses. Many places, though, provide no shelter. Consequently, birds have evolved rain-shedding feathers. \n\nThey stay relatively warm and dry under their feathers. Still birds get wet. ...most birds don't seem to mind. If they can't find a place to hide, they'll simply stand in the rain. After the rain--and during--they fluff up their feathers to warm up and help themselves dry off."\n\nAfter a dry spell, even with shrubs and trees galore, they sit sometimes out in the rain and take showers.
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It is my understanding that in time gone by and I forget the country, but the people lived in huts. And the roofs to these huts were made from grass. (straw) and during colder weather cats as well as dogs would seek warmth from this. Well when it rained naturally the straw would get wet and at times the weight of all the cats and dogs on the roof would cause them to fall through. Hence the saying its raining cats and dogs.
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Build a higher fence around your sheep
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So the rain dosent get confused
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Sh*t happens!\n\nOK, sorry. Goats have a much more efficient uptake of water from the stool in the large intestine. In goats, before the feces is expelled it is squeezed and rolled around by the action of the large intestine so that as much water as possible is absorbed by the intestinal walls. This results in small, relatively dry fecal pellets. Cows absorb some water but just shoot the rest through as a soggy mush.
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The first thing to come to my mind is if you're talking about convective rainfall, which requires the ground to heat up.  If you have a layer of say altostratus clouds (with no precip) move over an area, the solar heating will decrease and this could halt any convective clouds that may have been forming, and which may have produced rain if the heating had continued.  But this is just off the top of my head.
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by the effect of wind.\n      the rain comes from too height & there the speed of air is very fast 'n' due to it the angle deflected.this deflected angle is very short but the height is too large so it seems like a big deflection.
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According to first link below, hot water or hot dryer air - that causes natural fibers like wool and cotton to shrink.\n\nAccording to second link below, shrinkage is caused by the tumbling action as the garments hit the sides of the dryer. \nShrinkage is also caused by the washing process itself. Compared with washing, which can shrink clothes, drying them with heat has the opposite effect.  As a garment loses moisture, the fibers will stretch a bit; as you wear the garment, the heat of your body will increase this stretching. the drying process can damage fabrics made of natural fibers such as cotton, linen and wool, if too much moisture is removed. These fibers have a natural moisture content, even when they feel dry (with cotton it's 5%; with wool as much as 17%).  When the fibers are over-dried, they will reabsorb moisture from the atmosphere.
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No...it's just being a goat.  Instead, take a water bottle with you when you are going to be near the goat, if it tries to head butt you, squirt it in the face with the water.  Goats are smart, and they don't like to get wet.  It only takes a couple of times, and the goat will figure it out and quit head butting.