Sheep showed they were not as silly as people think after managing to pick Barack Obama out of a line-up. But when it comes to recognising faces, they may still only have a woolly sense of what people look like. Sadly for those excited by sheep being able to recognise former president Obama, actress Emma Watson and newsreader Fiona Bruce, the animals' intelligence may not have been quite what it seemed. Sheep were able to identify Barack Obama, Emma Watson (pictured) and Fiona Bruce from a line-up. Psychologists now say sheep are not as good as humans at recognising people, and the evidence is that they don't seem to know their own handlers Psychologists now say sheep are not as good as humans at recognising people, and the evidence is that they don't seem to know their own handlers.