A young house sheep on a dyke on the North sea island of Sylt

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House sheep also be used for the landscape preservation and for the dyke protection, like here at Morsum on the island of Sylt. They keep the grass short and stabilize the subsoil with her kicks. The lambs were born on the pasture and grow up here.

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Size: 4800px × 3200px
Location: Morsum, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Photo credit: © Konrad Weiss / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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