In an age of cell phones, ye olden dial phone with the curly cord is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

So what to do with all those useless coils of cord.

How about creating a flock of sheep that you don’t have to feed, shear or clean up after.

The art was created by Jean Luc Cornec and has been displayed in the Museum For Communications in Frankfurt Main, Germany.

And the wolves are never a problem either.

For more pics of this not so woolly flock, go here.

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