Sheep had to be rescued after becoming completely covered in thick mud

It’s not unusual for animals to wind up in places they’re not meant to be.

But for one poor sheep and her mother, a dip in a dried up pond nearly ended in disaster after the pair found themselves stuck in the mud.

In an image shared by RSPCA Inspector Anthony Joynes, one sheep can barely been seen among the thick sludge on the ground in Cheshire.

The animal was so hard to spot that The Dog Rescuers star even played a game with his Twitter followers asking if they could see the animal.

But he soon reassured everyone that the sheep had been saved by sharing a series of pictures of the rescue in action.

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In one image, the Merseyside inspector could be seen squatting on the grass with the mud-caked sheep across his lap – and thick black sludge up to his elbows.

‘Just been called to rescue this little beauty and her mum from a muddy dried up pond in #Cheshire really tough work but well worth it to get them out,’ he wrote.

‘They’re both exhausted & back at farm house recovering  @RSPCA_official’.

The tweet was met with applause from other Twitter users, who thanked Mr Joynes for his service.

‘Oh my goodness I couldn’t even see at first what we were looking at,’ one person gushed.

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‘Once again, over and over thank goodness for our @RSPCA_official.’

While another wrote: ‘Wow, super dangerous for them. They were so lucky. Thank you, man.’

This is not the first time an animal needed rescuing from a precarious place.

Just last week, a firefighter was forced to climb onto the roof of a house in Edmonton, North London, to salvage a wayward parrot.

But despite clambering on top of the building, the adventurous bird did not appear to be grateful, instead repeatedly telling him to ‘f**k off’.

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While in Maida Vale, a mischievous dog got into trouble after wandering out of the window and onto a ledge, two floors above the ground.

The Jack Russell, named Max, couldn’t turn around and also had to be rescued by the London Fire Brigade.