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Shearing Shrek.(Quick Takes)(10-year-old male woolly sheep from New Zealand)

Weekly Reader, Edition 4 (including Science Spin)

| March 18, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Weekly Reader Corp. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

A sheep named Shrek got the wool pulled over his eyes. Last April, the 10-year-old male woolly sheep from New Zealand finally got a haircut after six years. Sheep are abundant on the islands of New Zealand, which are located southeast of Australia in the Pacific Ocean.

After years of roaming in the wild, Shrek was caught. Sixty pounds of Shrek's wool was sheared, or cut, with scissors before a crowd on television. That was enough wool to make 20 suits!

Shearers left a thin layer of wool on Shrek and gave him a …

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