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Post by Hamsters82 on Feb 12, 2008 12:26:09 GMT -4
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Post by ladyjosephine on Feb 12, 2008 14:50:41 GMT -4
Whow, what a strange animal!  |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Feb 12, 2008 20:40:10 GMT -4
You could have posted the photo to pique folks' interest:    >> Leaping into the air, she looks like something from the funny farm. But this curious creature is making scientists do a double-take. Meet Lisa the geep... a cross between a goat and a sheep. She was born after an unscheduled amorous encounter on the farm of Klaus Exsternbrink, in Schwerte, in northern Germany's Ruhr Valley. One of his young billy goats leapt over a fence and had a passionate liaison with a ewe. The result a month ago was Lisa - resembling a lamb in shape and stature, but with the colouring and agile back legs of a goat. Her mother seems unfazed by her unusual offspring and has raised her happily so far. Now Lisa is booked into a specialist animal medical school in Hanover for genetic tests to determine her hybrid status. "These whims of nature are extremely rare," said the school's Professor Karl-Heinz Waldmann. . . << more story in the article. A comment on the site: >> I have raised sheep and do raise Kinder goats, so this article had particular appeal for me. Lisa the geep may be different, but she is beautiful! What a delightful result from that clandestine encounter! Thanks for sharing the story, and the photos are outstanding. Being a sheep-goat hybrid, I suspect that she is sterile, and may never give milk - but who knows? She has already defied the odds once. Whatever is in her future, it is good that you are taking the time to enjoy your miracle girl. << |
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That's all I have to say. 
