{"id":6175,"date":"2022-09-02T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/?p=6175"},"modified":"2022-09-03T11:58:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T11:58:30","slug":"how-smart-are-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/how-smart-are-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"How Smart Are Sheep: Insights Into Sheep Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sheep<\/a> are known to be stupid, but is this really true? People often think that because sheep have a strong flocking instinct, they have no ability to think independently. This is why human cult followers and the like are often referred to as \u201csheep\u201c<\/em> or \u201csheeple\u201c<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact of the matter is, sheep travel in flocks and stick together as a defense mechanism. This behavior has nothing to do with their intelligence. When casually observed in a peaceful pastoral setting, sheep actually exhibit the ability to solve problems, build lasting relationships, defend their friends and display signs of sorrow when those friends are taken off to slaughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we explore the intelligence of sheep. Read on to learn more on how smart are sheep<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Do We Know Sheep Are Smart?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In addition to anecdotal evidence from sheep farmers, a number of experiments and tests have been conducted on sheep to determine just how smart they really are. Here are some of the interesting results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Naturally, sheep like most animals, are able to learn and recognize their own names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. In Great Britain, on the Yorkshire Moors, sheep farmers report that sheep have learned how to get across cattle guards on their own. They don’t do it by carefully balancing on the bars with their tiny hooves. Instead, they lie down beside the cattle guards and then roll across them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Sheep subjected to memory testing have been found to have the ability to remember and recognize familiar human faces. They also seem to be able to distinguish one sheep from another and to remember as many as fifty individuals for as long as two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Not only can sheep recognize life human faces, they can also recognize pictures of human faces. Furthermore, they can tell the difference<\/a> between human facial expressions and like happy expressions better than sad or angry expressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheep Can Recognize Human Faces From Photographs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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