Bajatripper
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Goats on the Transpeninsular (and I don't mean GTOs)
I got these shots of a herd of ranch goats (one of them had a bell) crossing the Transpeninsular south of Punta Prieta. I've never seen the variety
with the curved horns and wondered if anyone else had. My guess would be that some mountain sheep had their way with some ranch goats and produced
these mule-equivalents. But perhaps they are a well-known Baja brand that I've never noticed before. Anyone?
[Edited on 1-13-2011 by Bajatripper]
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David K
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Thanks Steve!
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According to several articles I have found on the Net, sheep and goats can intermix. I agree that your photos definately look mixed! Thanks for
sharing them, shoe one my way goat meat is delicious!
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bajabass
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I did the math! Borrego+chivo=birria+barbacoa mejor!!! 
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Martyman
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That one with the black rump is cute!
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Sure look like different animals than the scrawny goats that wander around the highway here in Loreto.
And they do look like a sheep/goat/mountain goat mix.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
That one with the black rump is cute! |
Marty,
You can always explain to the judge that you were just really only "pushing" that cute goat to get it to move.... 
Don't believe everything you think....
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yea right 
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LaTijereta
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They are talking about us again..
This was taken off the hwy near Loreto
[Edited on 1-14-2011 by BajaNomad]
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tehag
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Goats
I think that the top photos are all of sheep, the bottom photo, all goats. Agribiz selective breeding has made the sheep we are used to seeing into a
completely different animal than these more natural appearing ones.
The easiest way to tell the two apart is by the tails; goats carry theirs up and sheep hang theirs down.
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Bajatripper
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I like the tail tip. Thanks!
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LaTijereta
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Goats..
Here is another image of the goats we found up a canyon one day..
Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
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Rosamunde
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Goats?
Goats on the Transpeninsular.
I had my friend look at your pics. Her family keep goats in the mountains near La Purisima. She says your goats are sheep, who have horns that grow
downwards whilst it is more normal for goats horns to grow upwards. She also said something about the coloring was sheep rather than goat. With my
limited Spanish and her limited English that was the best translation of everything she said.
Great pics.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Rosamunde
Goats on the Transpeninsular.
I had my friend look at your pics. Her family keep goats in the mountains near La Purisima. She says your goats are sheep, who have horns that grow
downwards whilst it is more normal for goats horns to grow upwards. She also said something about the coloring was sheep rather than goat. With my
limited Spanish and her limited English that was the best translation of everything she said.
Great pics. |
More cool info!
Goats: Tail goes up/ Horn goes up
Sheep: Tail goes down/ Horn goes down
This is even esier than the coral or king snake riddle!
Red to Yellow will KILL a fellow
Red to Black, venom lack
Of course they can be mixed up!
Red to Yellow is a friendly fellow (not)
Red to Black, chop and hack (not)
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Great tips for distinguishing the two.! One things for sure, both a are damn good eats!
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tehag
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Goats
Might as well throw in the nose and ears: goats' noses are fairly straight and sheep noses de-curve. Goats' ears are large, floppy, and hang down;
sheep's are much smaller and more upright.
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I beleive they are Castillian sheep that look like big goats.
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