[imagesource: Nazeem Brenner / supplied to IOL]

Go on, guess the name of the sheep.

It’s just a bit of fun, try your luck.

I’ll give you a clue – it starts with a ‘b’ and it’s often preceded by the words ‘spicy mutton’.

Well done if you said Breyani, the sheep which IOL tells us is “a hit on social media”.

20-year-old Nazeem Brenner took Breyani for a stroll on the Sea Point Promenade this past weekend and “was amazed at the response he got”:

“My plan was to just go for an hour or so but I ended up being out from 2pm till 7pm and I even ended up in Camps Bay because people wanted to take pictures of us,” he says.

Image: Nazeem Brenner / supplied to IOL

“When I first pulled up I was a bit worried about what the older people would think but children and people from all ages came running to see me walk Breyani, there was even a group of traffic cops who took pictures.”

It’s a good thing he wasn’t walking Sea Point Promenade’s most popular animal, the French Bulldog, for that long. Because of their flatter muzzle and skull compared to other breeds, Frenchies are far more susceptible to breathing problems.

Brenner says he bought Breyani from a farm in Darling three months ago for R1 000.

My apologies, but for video footage, we have to head to TikTok:

@nazeembrenner92 Sunday Walks in Seapoint🐑 Meet the pet Lamb named Biryani🐑🐑 #seapoint #2022 #capetownsouthafrica #pet #lamb #sheep #animalsoftiktok #sundayfunday #fyp #viral #trending ♬ Astronaut In The Ocean – Masked Wolf

Cool.

Despite his name, the sheep is not going to end up on a plate, Brenner says:

He says at home in Namibia, he owns a whole range of strange pets such as owls and ostriches, while his lamb has now become a beloved member of his family, so there are no braais on the horizon.

“On Sunday, there was somebody who offered to buy Breyani but I said never in a million years because I enjoy having him as a pet and that is what he will stay for the rest of his life.”

The last time sheep were spotted on the Sea Point Promenade, anti-vaxxers were accusing Bill Gates of wanting to use mass vaccination to implant microchips into people so that he could track them digitally.

No, you’re a sheep, says the person punting Ivermectin.

[source:iol]