Lisa the Geep

Posted by Alex in Animal, Pictures on February 10, 2008 at 3:49 pm


Meet Lisa the Geep – yes, a cross between a goat and a sheep!

She was born after an unscheduled amorous encounter on the farm of Klaus Exsternbrink, in Schwerte, in northern Germany’s Ruhr Valley. One of his young billy goats leapt over a fence and had a passionate liaison with a ewe.

The result a month ago was Lisa – resembling a lamb in shape and stature, but with the colouring and agile back legs of a goat.

Her mother seems unfazed by her unusual offspring and has raised her happily so far.

Now Lisa is booked into a specialist animal medical school in Hanover for genetic tests to determine her hybrid status. "These whims of nature are extremely rare," said the school’s Professor Karl-Heinz Waldmann.

"But goats are known for their strong sex drive."

Link | Is it really possible? Here’s the story of the first geep, produced in a lab through embryo manipulation


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11 comments to "Lisa the Geep"

  1. pleasantmoon2
    February 10th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    that photo is shopped.

  2. aware
    February 10th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    ... and it's a hovercraft!

    zooooooooooommmm!

  3. VonSkippy
    February 10th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Goat (60 chromosomes) Sheep (54 chromosomes) Offspring? (so unlikely you wonder who's gullible enough to believe stuff like this).

  4. Thespian24601
    February 10th, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    pleasantmoon2, I don't think so. Did you look at the other pictures in the link? No, I bet you didn't. You seem like the person that just wants to let everyone know that everything you see that can't be real is photoshopped. Yes, you keep up that battle.
    It does, however, look like it's going to break in half in that jump lol.

  5. Skipweasel
    February 10th, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    What doesn't help is calling it a geep. A geep is a chimera from a sheep and a goat - so in that case the chromosome count doesn't matter. This is purportedly a true hybrid. There have been a small number of sheep-goat hybrids before, at least one of which had 57 chromosomes.

  6. Lea
    February 10th, 2008 at 8:39 pm

    whatever it is, it looks oddly long. maybe it is how it is jumping? will it grow up to be wooly, i wonder? or smooth-coated like it's dad?
    cute little thing though.

  7. NiteWhite
    February 10th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    dont be so skeptical. since they have already created human-chimp offspring, im sure they can do geeps.

  8. Nate Deviate
    February 11th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    All I want to know is how does it taste???? Does it go well curry?

  9. Misty
    March 16th, 2009 at 11:23 am

    My sheep female just had a Goat-Sheep Hybrid. I was looking on these sites to look up info on the cross. The Goat in question is a Pygmy Goat. I haven't found a known cross between the Mini Goats and a Sheep.

  10. Anne Williamson
    August 20th, 2009 at 11:04 am

    I just discovered our black sheep is very pregnant, and our vet, a personal friend of the previous owners, has confirmed the only male the sheep was with is a pygmy goat. So I am anxiously awaiting a ---? There are some examples online of hybrids that have survived, but they usually do not make it due to the difference in chromosomes. There are some, though...

  11. Anne Williamson
    August 20th, 2009 at 11:05 am

    Misty, did you get your hybrid checked out? Do you have any pictures?


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