Why Don’t Sheep Shrink In The Rain?

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Published on April 27, 2017 by Tex Hollywood

In an really interesting episode of MinuteEarth, host Kate Yoshida visually responded to a viewer who asked why, if wool clothing shrinks when it gets wet, why don’t sheep? Yoshida explained that it isn’t only water that makes the garment shrink, it’s the heat and bustle of a washer that breaks down the protective structure of the directional fibers.

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