Watch an Extremely Hairy Australian Sheep Get a Long Overdue Haircut

Hoping to break the record for world’s wooliest, Shaun the sheep came up 10 pounds shy. His fleece weighed 50 pounds after being shorn

Shaun the sheep gets his first hair cut after being found in Tasmania (Weekly Times)

SHAUN the sheep has had his first ever haircut at the ripe old aged of six.

The Merino was found at the weekend wandering through a tree plantation near Stonehenge in Tasmania with more than 20kg of wool on his body.

New owners Peter and Netty Hazell hoped Shaun’s fleece would break the 27kg record fleece shorn from a sheep, Shrek, in New Zealand in 2004.

But, Shaun’s wool weighed in just under — at 23.5kg.

Shearer Jack Monks was chosen for the big job, and Ms Hazel told NewsCorp Australia that the sheep was a good client.

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