The interesting part (which isn’t in the title or summary) is that the correlation reversed between the Roman and medieval eras—before 1,000 years ago, the wild and domestic populations were evolving in the same direction.
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Aquila @sh.itjust.works - 3mon
Whats with the AI picture of a goat? Goat eyes have square iris
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whyNotSquirrel @sh.itjust.works - 3mon
It's a sheep
A Solognote ewe: in the northwestern Mediterranean, sheep—like other domestic mammals—were shaped by both human and environmental pressures. Credit: Yann Le Poul
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Aquila @sh.itjust.works - 3mon
Sheep have square eyes too
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AbouBenAdhem @lemmy.world - 3mon
The pupils of sheep and goats can appear round when fully dilated. (I grew up on a farm with both.)
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Aquila @sh.itjust.works - 3mon
So the pic is legit? I find that difficult to believe
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teft - 3mon
The photo was done by Yann Le Poul who seems to be a Frenchman who photographs animals. You can see the photo credited to him by clicking on the photo and then a quick web search will bring up pages where he has won some awards for his animal photography.
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AbouBenAdhem @lemmy.world - 3mon
Yeah, it looks totally unexceptional to me.
If you haven’t seen enough sheep or goats to tell the two apart, maybe it’s your general unfamiliarity that’s tripping your uncanny sense?
throws_lemy in biodiversity
8,000 years of human activities have caused wild animals to shrink and domestic animals to grow
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-years-human-wild-animals-domestic.htmlThe interesting part (which isn’t in the title or summary) is that the correlation reversed between the Roman and medieval eras—before 1,000 years ago, the wild and domestic populations were evolving in the same direction.
Whats with the AI picture of a goat? Goat eyes have square iris
It's a sheep
Sheep have square eyes too
The pupils of sheep and goats can appear round when fully dilated. (I grew up on a farm with both.)
So the pic is legit? I find that difficult to believe
The photo was done by Yann Le Poul who seems to be a Frenchman who photographs animals. You can see the photo credited to him by clicking on the photo and then a quick web search will bring up pages where he has won some awards for his animal photography.
Yeah, it looks totally unexceptional to me.
If you haven’t seen enough sheep or goats to tell the two apart, maybe it’s your general unfamiliarity that’s tripping your uncanny sense?