Sheep are smarter than you might think

In fact, Dr. Jennifer Morton?s seven Welsh Mountain sheep could not only do all the increasingly complicated ?executive decision-making? thrown at them, they can remember faces of people and of other sheep ? even from photographs.

?I?m now a big fan of sheep,? Morton told the Star on Thursday. ?Sheep live in a flock, and in a flock they?re rather silly. When you work with them as individuals, they behave very differently.?

?I knew nothing about sheep,? Morton admitted. ?I didn?t think we would be able to do it. I had misapprehensions about sheep.?

Your average farm sheep, said Morton ?have very boring lives. They have to forage for food and look out for predators. If you spend all day looking for food, there?s not a lot of time to do anything else.?

Treated as individuals, protected from predators, and amply fed without foraging, sheep ?love doing experiments. They?re very enthusiastic.?

?Even my sheep, when they?re together, they?re very silly.?

Your average farm sheep, said Morton “have very boring lives. They have to forage for food and look out for predators. If you spend all day looking for food, there’s not a lot of time to do anything else.”

Treated as individuals, protected from predators, and amply fed without foraging, sheep “love doing experiments. They’re very enthusiastic.”

Your average farm sheep, said Morton “have very boring lives. They have to forage for food and look out for predators. If you spend all day looking for food, there’s not a lot of time to do anything else.”

Treated as individuals, protected from predators, and amply fed without foraging, sheep “love doing experiments. They’re very enthusiastic.”

"raydan" said

Ask any of our CKA sheep lovers... they'll confirm this.