Sheep aren't bad at recognizing faces (but humans are better)

Goats and sheep were on the lam last week in New Jersey. Scientists who said in 2017 that sheep could recognize human faces from photos may be feeling a little sheepish right now, after experts questioned one of their conclusions. Facial recognition specialists from Australia recently revisited the 2017 study. They admitted that the experiments provided "a compelling demonstration" that sheep could differentiate between human faces, but they challenged the authors' conclusion that sheep could recognize faces as well as humans and other primates can. As experts in human facial recognition, the Australian researchers reported serious reservations about sheep performing this un-ewe-sual ability on equal footing with Homo sapiens.