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Meet the baby GEEP: Goat crossed with sheep

Is it a goat? Is it a sheep? No, it's a geep!
This isn't something you see every day. But the adorable half-sheep, half-goat has stolen hearts with her unusual look...and unusual arrival.
Butterfly the geep, named after her large black spots, has the hooves and face of a goat, but the wool and tail of a sheep.
And her appearance is not the only surprise.
Owner of the petting zoo where she was born, Priscilla Motola, had no idea the ewe was pregnant, and with no male sheep around didn't even think it was possible.
But they hadn't counted on a cheeky pygmy goat called Michael who apparently has a bit of a thing for sheep.
Priscilla, who runs My Petting Zoo in Arizona, said: "Butterfly is very active, she's very friendly and smart.
"We don't know much right now but we've been doing a little research and from what we understand there's not that many."
Most goat-sheep hybrids are born stillborn as the two breeds have different chromosomes.
The family have been inundated with messages about little Butterfly who is expected to become a star attraction.

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