why haven’t sheep evolved to “right” themselves if they fall on their backs?

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Please explain sheep and any other animal really, that can become “cast” – isn’t falling down just a normal part of life? How is it that they can’t get back up themselves and will die from what I think of as a basic fact of life?

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Sheep haven’t evolved to right themselves because domesticated sheep in their current form have been bred by farmers. They are not in a form which exists in the wild, and sheep farmers have always been there to flip them over if they become stuck. An animal which would need to live on its own without human intervention would most likely be able to turn itself over, but sheep are not that.

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