Sentence examples for docile temperament from inspiring English sources

They have since been backcrossed to other domestic breeds and been selected for docile temperament over many generations.

In recent years, sheep (Ovis aries) have emerged as a useful animal model for neurological research due to their relatively large brain and blood vessel size, their cortical architecture, and their docile temperament.

6 returning a few weeks later to do everything yet again, this time with one familiar spider and two unfamiliar spiders, the spiders all being tarantulas of five distinct varieties chosen "because of their reputation for docile temperament and because of the distinct differences in sizes and appearance".

It is small, hardy, and has a docile temperament.

Answers were categorised in "very temperamental" and "not temperamental" (latter category including "as average, normal" and "a docile temperament").

Mother's later perception of infant temperament was measured by asking: how is your child's temperament now generally speaking?; response categories were, "very fiery temper", "as average, normal", "a docile temperament".

A time when few people could identify those beautiful copper red-faced, red legged, creamy wool creatures with pendulous ears in our barn who gave new meaning to good mothering and docile temperaments.

The so-called fancy rats that people keep as pets are variants of the Norway rat, usually albino though sometimes mottled like calico cats, and bred to have docile temperaments.

According to Mr Charlot, the most commonly-used breed of bee is docile by temperament and stings are rare.

They are hardy and long-lived horses, and docile in temperament.

These cats are docile in temperament and comfortable with being trained this way.