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Can a male impregnate a sheep?

No, people and sheep can't reproduce.

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A

photo

One Kenyan

post claims

a sheep gave birth to a “childlike creature” in Kiambu county. “The residents of this area believe that someone was sexually involved with the sheep.”

Another post

, also from Kenya, says the “incident” took place in “Kano” and has “triggered suspicions that some individuals must have been sleeping with the sheep”.

The photo has also been published on Nigerian

blogs

and online

forums

with the claim that it’s the result of a man having sex with a sheep.

post

says: “

There is palpable tension in Kano after an ewe gave birth to an animal that could best be described as a human being early Thursday morning. The little newborn bore all the nomenclatures of a human being including head, hands and legs akin to that of an infant.”

In Kenya there is a place called the

Kano Plain

near the town of Ahero

in Kisumu county. In Nigeria there’s the

city of Kano

, the capital of

Kano state

.

But could this story be true, whether it happened in Kenya or Nigeria? We checked.

Biologically impossible

On 16 November 2017,

Africa Check debunked

a claim that two “human” kids were delivered by a goat in Nigeria’s Yobe state. At the time, Africa Check spoke to Dr Carina Visser, senior lecturer in the

department of animal and wildlife sciences

at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

“In genetic terms, each species has a unique number of chromosomes,” she told us. “Some species, such as horses and donkeys, are related and have very similar chromosome numbers (62 versus 64), and thus can breed and produce live offspring. However, humans have 46 chromosomes, while goats have a total of 60.”

Sheep have

54 chromosomes

.

“Given this, it is impossible for these species to even produce a viable embryo or foetus, let alone offspring,” Visser

said

.

It is impossible for people to breed with sheep. The “human-like” creature in the photo may be a still-born lamb. –

Grace Gichuhi

Further reading

https://africacheck.org/spot-check/goat-gives-birth-human-kids-real/https://africacheck.org/fbcheck/woman-gives-birth-to-puppies-no-humans-and-dogs-cant-reproduce/https://africacheck.org/fbcheck/human-like-babies-born-to-zebra-no-props-of-navi-babies-made-for-2009-movie-avatar/https://africacheck.org/fbcheck/sow-in-kakamega-birthed-piglet-with-human-face-photos-actually-of-silicon-sculptures-for-art-collectors/

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