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Ram fighting is a blood sport between two rams (large-horned male sheep), held in a ring or open field. It is commonly found in sheep or goat husbandry culture in Africa, Asia and Europe. [ 1 ] In Nigeria , Uzbekistan and Indonesia , ram fighting gains popularity among locals. [ 2 ]
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran ...
A hybrid of a ewe and a buck (a male goat) is called a sheep-goat hybrid, known as geep. Visual differences between sheep and goats include the beard of goats and divided upper lip of sheep. Sheep tails also hang down, even when short or docked, while the short tails of goats are held upwards.
Daniel then sees a male goat with a single horn come from the west without touching the ground; it strikes the ram and destroys it. At the height of his power the goat's horn is broken and in its place four horns grow. [ 4 ]
A bighorn ram near Jasper, Alberta. Bighorn sheep live in large herds and do not typically follow a single leader ram, unlike the mouflon, the ancestor of the domestic sheep, which has a strict dominance hierarchy. Before the mating season or "rut", the rams attempt to establish a dominance hierarchy to determine access to ewes for mating.
Ram – an uncastrated adult male sheep. Also tup. Riggwelter – a sheep that has fallen onto its back and is unable to get up (usually because of the weight of its fleece). Ring – a mob of sheep moving around in a circle. Ringer – the top shearer in a shearing gang. Ringing – the removal of a circle of wool from around the pizzle of a ...
Ram, ram, or RAM most commonly refers to: A male sheep; Random-access memory, computer, ... Goat (zodiac) or Ram, a sign of the Chinese zodiac; Science and technology
Goat breeds (especially dairy goats) are some of the oldest defined animal breeds for which breed standards and production records have been kept. Selective breeding of goats generally focuses on improving production of fiber , meat, dairy products or goatskin .