What is the difference between a goat and sheep?
The main difference is that goats do not grow wool and do not
need to be shorn annually as sheep do (except for Angora goats
which are shorn twice a year). They are in different genus and
cannot breed, they have a different number of chromosomes sheep
have 54 while goats have 60 chromosomal pairs. Most goats have
horns while sheep do not. Another difference is the tail posture,
goat's tails while stand straight up (unless they are sick or
frightened), while the sheep's tail will hang down and is often
docked. Goats are browers that like to eat the top of plants or
bushes rather than the bottoms like the sheep whom are grazers.
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