Is it a sheep or a goat? How do you know for sure?

"It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep."

That may be true but can you identify a goat compared to a sheep on its own?  It's true it is easy to spot a difference when its right in front of your nose but how can you when its not so easy?  Sheep and goats are very similar... in some ways, but more importantly they are different in a lot of ways.  For starters:

Sheep are in a different classification of species and genus than goats.

Sheep are grazers; eating low and short plants like grass and clover.  Goats are browsers; eating more leaves, vines, twigs and shrubs.

A sheep's tail doesn't move other than when it flops around while it is running.  On the other side you have a goat's tail which goes straight up in the air unless it is sick.

Goats are more curious animals and are more likely to come up to you than a sheep.  Sheep are more aloof and enjoy flocking and get quiet agitated if they are separated from their flock.

During a brawling fight a ram will back up and charge to butt heads.  The goats however rear up and come down forcibly to butt heads.

Most goats are hairy and don't need to be sheared or combed.  Many sheep however grow wool and need to be sheared annually.

Some sheep tails are docked while goats tail's remain wild and free.

Many goats naturally have horns.  Most sheep are polled or hornless.  The horns on a goat are narrower and

Some goats grow beards.  Some sheep grow manes. 

Mature male goats stink bad!!!  Sheep are good smelling!!!

Did you know many sheep breed names are very original!  The breed Suffolk came from a place called "Suffolk" in England!