She narrated the lamb's reply in text overlay—instead of "baa," the bleat sounded more like her interpretation: "Nahhhhhhhhh." "Can't get a word in edgewise," she wrote in her caption.

And all along, the fearful COVID-19 sheep have been bleating similarly: “No shirt, no shoes, no mask, no service.” It’s absurd.

The Sonoma County Fair's Livestock Auction has always had an avid contingent of fans, but it appears the recession has affected how much people are willing to spend to show their support this year.

Stressed-out sheep bleat out their anguish, researchers reported Tuesday. They found that, like humans, sheep communicate stress by changing the timbre of their voices.

Blue sheep living in Mount Helan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (file photo). Before 1983, the blue sheep was hunted, causing the animal's population to fall sharply to the endangered level.