Talk:Sheep–goat chimera

versions of the article
The versions of the article from before June 3. 2005 are erroneous, and also inconsistent with the article on 'Chimeras'. The versions in question confuse the terms 'chimera' and 'hybrid', and the Botswanan 'geep' with 57 chromosomes is actually not a geep, but a regular sheep-goat hybrid. I think I found the Internet source the previous versions were based on, and it seems to confuse the Geep with a sheep-goat hybrid, as well. Unfortunately I don't have any more useful information to add to this article; I don't know much about geep, except that they are not what the previous article stated.

Vandalism
"The first sheep-goat chimera was bred in Manumbar Australia, by R S. White, who enjoys long walks on the beach, drinking day and night, and the longful pleasures of beastiality." 72.66.250.177 (talk) 14:19, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

"They reported their results in 1984, and were shortly thereafter found dead in their homes...each and every last one." This sounds like vandalism as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.123.232.214 (talk) 20:03, 11 August 2011 (UTC) This line about the scientists being found dead in their homes was still present in the article when I accessed it through the mobile page. I think it's uncool and kind of threatening and should be removed, but the history says it has already been taken out. What gives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.253.215.86 (talk) 13:47, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Geep - question
I once heard that the geep fetus, once created in vitro, can be implanted in either the she-goat or the ewe. And that which of those you choose determines the eventual mating behaviour of the creature once born. Those that were born by a she-goat grow up fancying goats, and those from a ewe, sheep. However, I haven't been able to find any corroboration on the Net or in the scientific literature for this, so don't quote me on it in your ph.D thesis. Tim Budds (timbudds@acasa.ro)
 * Somewhere on the net, there's mention that hinnies can be distinguished from mules because in a pasture containing both donkeys and horses, a hinny will prefer the company of donkeys, like its mother; and a mule will prefer the company of horses, like its mother. Perhaps a question of nurture rather nature, socializing and breeding with the species the animal was raised by. -- Lisasmall 13:42, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Normal sheep and goats kept in the same pasture sometime show the same behavior--orphaned lambs are sometimes given to nanny goats (of the dairy goat variety). Once grown, they're the sheep most likely to mate with male goats. (Male goats, of course, will mate with anything...)

Internal link
Added Ovid hybrid link though such article does not yet exist, though there are pages for Felid hybrid, Canid hybrid, Ursid hybrid. (and the as-I-write non-existent Suid hybrid, though surely domestic swine have interbred with wild species at some point). Link is needed to provide larger context for Geep article. -- Lisasmall 13:42, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Pronunciation
How do you pronounce geep? /giːp/ or /ʤiːp/? (actually, since it is a neologism, how did the creators of the animal pronounce it?) rado 11:12, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Presumably /giːp/, because (a) the g comes from goat, where it's /g/; and (b) /ʤ/ would create an unnecessary homophone of Jeep.  Neon    Merlin   02:35, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Photo
I've sent a GFDL request to the prof credited with the linked photo. If he says yes, we'll have a web-resolution illustration. Neon   Merlin   02:35, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, got the photo.  Neon    Merlin   00:51, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * It says to use it only if its not referred to as a Geep, which it is in the article. 12.207.127.76 03:57, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Health
Was he healthy? He looks oddly frankestein in the photo... And sad.. There's no poto of the goat-sheep hybrid, so I don't know it that frankenstein-color look is only in this or in the others... (It looks to me like a head and limbs of an animal in another) 200.230.213.152 04:16, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Merge
I don't think this should be mered with Sheep-goat hybrid. A chimera is clearly distinct from a hybrid. -- Kaszeta 22:23, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Since nobody seems to object, I'm removing the merge notice. -- Kaszeta 13:49, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm...
I found the inclusion of this line interesting:


 * while the first instance created in the U.S. was in 1985 at the University of California, Davis.

What about the first instance created in, say, Canada? Or China? Or Outer Mongolia? I'm not being snippy, I just find it interesting that the first US geep is deeemed to be noteworthy over any other country. David 10:07, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Geep is not a hybrid
A geep is not a hybrid, therefore I am removing the table for hybrids under references. Linguardia (talk) 21:53, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Redirect should be undone
Sheep-goat chimera (using a hyphen) redirects to Sheep–goat chimera (using an en dash). This is an improper use of the en dash. The redirect should be "undone," but I don't know how. Does anyone know how to undo a redirect? GPS Pilot (talk) 22:33, 20 May 2020 (UTC)