Goat

[klesh]

On 11/24/2017 at 7:55 AM, Nuke said:

this many replies and not a single picture of a goat. i am disapoint.

 

 

[xkerbal]

Ok That is weird

[kerbiloid]

As this forum from time to time looks related to space, so

Spoiler

 

[Piatzin]

[YNM]

Well, obviously...

[Findthepin1]

[Deddly]

[Green Baron]

I love the Tintin comics and still read them from time to time :-)

 

Looking at all the pictures above: how can we distinguish between sheep and goat when we see them in a picture ?

[Deddly]

23 minutes ago, Green Baron said:

how can we distinguish between sheep and goat when we see them in a picture ?

Sheep have 54 chromosomes, goats have 60. How could you not know this?

[Piatzin]

34 minutes ago, Green Baron said:

Looking at all the pictures above: how can we distinguish between sheep and goat when we see them in a picture ?

Goats go 'baaahh' whereas sheep go 'baaaaaaah.'

Duh

[Green Baron]

1 hour ago, Deddly said:

Sheep have 54 chromosomes, goats have 60. How could you not know this?

Yep, but the chromosomes don't show in the pictures ...

Sheep or goat ?

Edit: does mouse over show the link ? It doesn't for me ... i never understand the forum software.

'nother one (a sheep):

Edited November 26, 2017 by Green Baron

[Deddly]

@Green Baron

• Generally, sheep have fluffy wool, goats have hair.
• Goats are more likely to have horns,
• Goats sometimes have beards - which means they are evil.
• Sheep tails point down, goat tails point up.

[kerbiloid]

Before Marvel eradicated them.

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[Green Baron]

Hair/wool and horns are bad indicators. The woolly goat above is cashmere goat. Too much variability in skin/skin colour/hair, they always vary, especially in domesticated species, Btw. horn is skin (not the bone under it of course). The tail can serve and a parted lip, sheep have a cleft philtrum, but even that is a watery feature.

Archaeologists have a hard time distinguishing between sheep bones and goat bones.

And gourmets have a hard time distinguishing between goat and sheep cheese :-)

[kerbiloid]

Basic explanation of sheep and goat differences begins at ~01:20

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[StrandedonEarth]

What trips me out about goats is the dumbbell-shaped pupils. Do sheep or any other animals have the same pupils?

[kerbiloid]

Spoiler

Homo Sapiens is the only terrestrial species having pupils.
Others don't go to school.

 

[Kerbinchaser]

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[Piatzin]

[Boorang]

what is this thread>?

[DAL59]

10 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said:

What trips me out about goats is the dumbbell-shaped pupils. Do sheep or any other animals have the same pupils?

Prey animals often have side to side eyes to look for predators better.

[StrandedonEarth]

So I dug a little deeper and Google brought me this: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/08/07/430149677/eye-shapes-of-the-animal-world-hint-at-differences-in-our-lifestyles

I guess the shape of goat pupils stand out because their eyes are lighter colored.

Edited November 27, 2017 by StrandedonEarth

[kerbiloid]

9 hours ago, Boorang said:

what is this thread>?

It's all about  ]8=~

[Piatzin]

10 hours ago, Boorang said:

what is this thread>?

It's about transdimensional space goats

And also regular goats, but those are boring...

[DAL59]