Kicker: De-escalating with deodorant

NICK EICHER, HOST: Sheep stink. Livestock are like that.

So it should come as no surprise that some shepherds stock up on deodorant. But the Lynx Africa body spray isn’t for the shepherds.

U.K. sheepherder Sam Bryce tells News Hub it’s for the rams.

SAM BRYCE: It's like an off switch.

Turns ’em off. Because, you know, male sheep can get a little feisty during mating season, and rams’ll get hurt if left to their own devices trying to impress the ladies.

So Bryce sprays them down using a U.K.-version of Axe Body Spray.

It masks the scent hormones that get rams riled up.

But sheep herder Toby Williams says even with deodorant, cooler heads don’t always prevail.

TOBY WILLIAMS: You know, the rams are built for testosterone, you know, they're built to fight.

In other words, rams will be pigs, I guess. It’s The World and Everything in It.

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