springbok sheep in the Karoo

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The Little Springbok Who Thinks He’s a Sheep

We just love this photo… of a little “springbokkie” who thinks he’s a sheep. Popular SAPeople contributor Hester SophiaEsta Marais captured the lovely photo, and says: “Springbokkie het saam met skaap groot geword in die Karoo, en dink hy is n skaap.” (Springbokkie grew up with the sheep in the Karoo, and thinks he’s a […]

By SAPeople
21-07-17 12:50
in Fab South African Stuff
springbok sheep in the Karoo

We just love this photo… of a little “springbokkie” who thinks he’s a sheep.

springbok sheep in the KarooPopular SAPeople contributor Hester SophiaEsta Marais captured the lovely photo, and says: “Springbokkie het saam met skaap groot geword in die Karoo, en dink hy is n skaap.” (Springbokkie grew up with the sheep in the Karoo, and thinks he’s a sheep.)

He leaves the veld, together with the sheep, when they’re herded back home, says Hester.

He wouldn’t be the first animal to think he’s a sheep! … remember the 1995 movie Babe, the famous pig who thought he was a sheep (based on the 1983 novel ‘The Sheep-Pig’).

And then there’s little Gertjie, the rhino orphan who thought he was a goat…