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Because it's just shearing off wool, not skin or flesh. Wool, like hair, is dead material and has no nerve connections. The skin may be slightly irritated by shearing.

A sheep can't feel the wool being sheared because it is made of the same type of dead proteins found in human hair and nails, which do not generate any pain when cut.

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