There was an article recently on Snopes.com about a large number of people in Japan being conned into buying sheep which had been described as a type of poodle. While I found the story interesting, I doubted that too many people would be taken in by such a far fetched sounding tale. Japan is not an isolated country where people cannot distinguish between a dog and a sheep, and even if they don't have many sheep they do have books, televisions, magazines and so on. Some simple common sense would make this story suspect. Read More...