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Did you know that goats are pretty close to sheep. In fact Goats are pretty much sheep without all the wool, here are a few other differences. Usually goats keep their tails either up in the air or wagging and sheep usually keep their tails down kinda between their legs. Another difference is that goats tend to go a little away from the herd to eat whereas sheep stay closes together to eat. Sheep have only 54 chromosomes and goats hove 60.

Another difference is that goats are very independent whereas sheep will stay in the herd. A herd of goats is called a trip whereas a herd of sheep is called a flock. Goat horns are narrower and straighter than sheep horns which tend to curl up beside the sheep's head. Goats tend to pick things off of bushes and such whereas sheep tend to graze.Goats have hair whereas sheep have fleece.