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16 Beautiful Breeds of Sheepdogs Found All Over the World

Most species of sheepdog were originally bred for herding, guarding or raising livestock on farms . Many have also been known for participating in different sports, and assisting law enforcement and military personnel on a variety of missions.

Should GMOs Be Labeled? Are They Safe? Let’s Take a Look

Using this definition, all of our crops, pets, and livestock are genetically modified.

Ants Are Totally Remarkable Creatures, and Here's Why

They even raise livestock Ants don't only garden, but they also raise a livestock out of tiny insects that secrete a sweet liquid called honeydew. The ants will even herd the livestock from one location to another when they move, just like we do with cows. 9.

All Dogs Are Loyal, But Which Breeds Are the MOST Loyal?

It's a supremely good livestock-herding dog and is known to protect its charges, regardless of what they are, at all costs. 2.

Say What? 17 Idioms with Hilarious Translations

It's hardly possible to be more sarcastic than this, at least in the distant past where everyone would keep livestock. [related_articles] 10. Icelandic Original: "Ég mun finna þig í fjöru."

These High-Tech Foods Look Set to Change the World

In addition, consuming insects is also more environmentally friendly than consuming livestock, and some insects event taste like products we enjoy, namely bacon, apples, peanut butter, and fish. 2.

Meat from a Lab or a Plant: Is This What Lies Ahead?

Australian scientists now want to add their own “steak” to the game, but the rapid pace that the industry is growing has upset the global livestock sector, who are worrying that their industry is facing a new rival.

9,000 Year Old Caves Had People Living Inside Till the 50s

Large families lived alongside their livestock and in extremely unhygienic conditions. After the Second World War, the new government tried to move the city's cave residents into modern housing.

Ever Heard of Sorghum? Hint: it's Something You Eat

It is grown mainly as a feed for livestock, as a fodder plant, for sorghum syrup, and recently as an alternative grain for a gluten-free diet. Sorghum syrup is a delicious natural sweetener made from the cane and leaves of the sorghum plant. Much like honey, it does not require cooling.

This Japanese Tradition Takes Art to a New Level!

Wara is collected for roofs, fertilizer, livestock feed and in the past, before more modern materials were used, wara was also used to make a number of goods. But in the region's capital city, Niigata, they use the wara for a more creative purpose.

These Animals Are Having the Worst Hair Day!

The pulli, Hungarian livestock dogs, look like giant balls of string. The pulli sheep dog. The prettiest horse in all the world. She's a real lady. Who's little pony is this? Valais sheep are so huggable.

30 Reasons to Visit Stunning Switzerland

of Zurich 17) The Matterhorn Reflected Off a Lake in The Stellisee Valais 18) A Trail of White Flowers Leading to the Matterhorn 19) Freefall Above Lauterbrunnen Valley 20) Snow Covering the Hills of Jungfraujoch 21) The Views Surrounding Arnisee 22) The Pilatus Cogwheel Train 23) The Gathering of Livestock

These Gorgeous Colorized Postcards Are Over 100 Years Old

Livestock is brought through the Simplon Pass, a 6,578-foot-high mountain pass linking the Pennine and Lepontine Alps. Cows graze in a pasture high in the Swiss Alps. A chalet in the shadow of Wetterhorn Peak, one of the three peaks of Switzerland's Mount Wetterhorner.

Visit Derinkuyu, an Underground City From a Millenia Ago

Source Besides being built underground, this was a city like any other: it had stables for horses and livestock, wine and oil presses, cellars, storage rooms, and even chapels. This is because it was meant to allow comfortable and sustainable living underground for long periods of time.

Lesser-Known Facts About the African Savanna

The African savanna is home to such natural resources as water, livestock, lumber, coal, oil, wheat, gas, oats, and livestock. Food crops like corn, millets, maize, wheat, sorghum, and sugar cane are also planted in the savanna.

Be Warned that These Plants May Kill You

Cattle and other livestock who ate White Snakeroot would quickly develop a muscular degenerative disease known as the trembles. The tremetol would then end up in the animal's milk and anyone who drank it would get deathly ill. Deadly Nightshade As the name implies, this plant is deadly.

Meet the Most Powerful Bird in the World, the Harpy Eagle

These giant birds are obligate carnivores and they hunt on large prey, mostly mammals that dwell in the trees, such as monkeys, sloths, coatis, and squirrels, but it has been recorded to catch livestock, such as goats, chickens, and lambs, though this is very rare.

The Tyrol Cow Festival - Celebrating With 100,000 Cows!

It's an event that celebrates the close bond between the people, their livestock, and the alpine landscape, marking an important annual milestone in the rural communities of Austria .