With an unusual auction on the Internet, the alleged owner of a sheep in New Zealand amuses his compatriots. On the auction platform TradeMe, the stranger offers the animal with the chair seated as a "seat lawn mower" ("hardly used, good condition").
The photo shows a sheep with a kind of baby chair on his back. The initial bid is 12,000 New Zealand dollars (about 7200 euros). So far nobody was willing to pay that much.
About the provider (pseudonym: Celtickiwi29) is only known that he comes from the city of Christchurch. In the meantime, a whole series of questions were received, which were all answered. The sheep is described therein as an "all-year model with automatic grass catcher and built-in back fertilization".
Christchurch Resident Selling Sheep As A Ride On Lawn Mower On Tradem e https://t.co/tpf2SqmpLW
- nzherald (@nzherald) April 10, 2019The auction runs until Sunday. More than a thousand people have registered to follow the course. The animal would have to be picked up by the buyer. In New Zealand - a country with less than five million inhabitants - there are more than 27 million sheep.
Whether the auction is a serious offer, however, may be doubted. The image of the sheep has been circulating on the internet for some time. It can not be ruled out that the provider has put the photo only on the Internet to attract attention.