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It doesn't say swamps - it says marshes. Marshes aren't swamps and do not have the deep, all-year standing water. [1] And I have seen sheep in this environment
by Broken_Hippo 5y ago
It doesn't say swamps - it says marshes. Marshes aren't swamps and do not have the deep, all-year standing water. [1]
And I have seen sheep in this environment: Farmers let the sheep roam mountaintops in Norway. Some of that land is marsh - and the ground gets, for lack of better words, squishy. Sometimes, you'll step and water might come over your shoe, but it is just as likely to come halfway up. I thought a marsh would have been more similar to a swamp before I actually was in a marsh.
I have heard that every once in a while, they'll have to help a sheep out of some of the deeper areas, but this isn't enough of an issue to stop the practice.
[1]https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/what-the-difference-marsh-vs-swamp-vs-wetland#:~:text=The%20difference%20between%20the%20two,life%2C%20according%20to%20National%20Geographic https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/wha....