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I don't think this should be mered with Sheep-goat chimera. A chimera is clearly distinct from a hybrid. -- Kaszeta 22:23, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since nobody has spoken against it, I'm removing the merge notice. -- Kaszeta 13:48, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You were quite right. Salopian (talk) 21:01, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The 'Toast of Botswana'[edit]

The animal does not seem to have been known as that. It was just a description in a newspaper article. I also think that that article should be merged here. Salopian (talk) 21:03, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Photos of potential sheep-goat hybrid[edit]

I don't know for sure, but these photos I took a couple of years ago could potentially be a sheep-goat. Originally I called it a cow sheep (koeschaap in Dutch) because of the cow-like speckles. Only later I realized that it was more likely to be a sheep-goat hybrid. I don't know if the animal is still alive though. But I'll check it. Notice especially its 4 horns. photos — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.164.50.242 (talk) 05:10, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Forget about what I said, it's probably a Jacob's sheep Jacob (sheep) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.164.50.242 (talk) 13:08, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New birth[edit]

Seems to be a fairly reliable reference to a Geep in the news http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26882203 JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 14:24, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Male geep in Holland fertile??!![edit]

It says in this text that "On May 12, 2011, a healthy and fertile geep was born in Bant, Flevoland, the Netherlands. The geep mated with a ewe and on December 25, 2012 two healthy lambs were born." This goes against current axioms in genetics: that male offspring of different species in mammals are necessarily infertile (because they do not have two X chromosomes). Can someone substantiate this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.245.120.202 (talk) 13:41, 31 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Article photo[edit]

This photo is currently used to illustrate the article, but do we actually know it is a picture of a sheep-goat hybrid? The article gives the impression that surviving individuals are exceedingly rare, and the list of cases does not include one in the Philippines, where the photo seems to have been taken. Of course it is entirely possible that this list is currently incomplete, but to me personally, the photo looks like a Barbados Black Belly sheep. In my experience, this breed has a great superficial similarity to goats, and could easily be mistaken for a sheep-goat hybrid. Lusanaherandraton (talk) 02:43, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that this is probably a hair sheep, such as a barbados or camaroon sheep. Within the original album, the pictured sheep is shown with two others of the same type, which would be highly unlikely were it actually a geep. 69.76.179.226 (talk) 06:38, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion regarding the June 2022 merger[edit]

I guess I should create a space to discuss my WP:BOLD merge with material from Sheep–goat chimera. I understand that there are differences between the two. However, the subject matter and end result is essentially the same: an organism that contains some combination of sheep and goat DNA. As such, I thought it necessary to eliminate two sparse articles (the chimera one being listed as a stub) by combining the subject matter under one article, taking care to establish the distinction between a hybrid and a genetic chimera. I hope that makes sense. The following "response" was from when I was discussing the title yesterday, but I moved it from its own heading to a response here so that all of my thoughts can be contained together. TNstingray (talk) 22:17, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As of now, the title currently uses an en dash (–). Is that proper? Or should it just use a dash (-)? This confused me at first regarding my bold merger from Sheep-goat chimera because it messed up the redirects. Any grammar experts want to weight in? TNstingray (talk) 13:54, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Image incorrect.[edit]

That is not a Sheep Goat Hybrid in the image provided in the article, that is a Barbados blackbelly.

-Sincerely, a concerned sheep farmer.

Barbados Black Belly Sheepman12422 (talk) 06:01, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed section: photo[edit]

this photo appears to be of a hair sheep, not of a geep. The original album shows several sheep of this type, which would be exremely unlikely if these were true geep, which rarely survive to birth. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JfSanSimon7034SnPedrofvf_17.JPG#/media/File:JfSanSimon7034SnPedrofvf_17.JPG the sheep in the photo on this page is at the back of the linked photo here. 69.76.179.226 (talk) 06:51, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]