Which Are Better Problem Solvers: Sheep or goats?
Story Date: 3/26/2021

 

Source: Dan Nosowitz, MODERN FARMER, 3/19/21

Sheep and goats are closely related, both having been domesticated and used by humans for fiber, meat and milk for millennia.  But they aren’t similar in all ways. One possible difference, newly discovered thanks to some researchers in Switzerland, might be in their problem-solving abilities. That’s right: A bunch of scientists made goats and sheep face off in a puzzle to see which was better at it.

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