Topic: Rams vs. Bucks

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

It's a mini rant and it's not the end of my world or anything but it's really annoying me lately how many people can't tell the difference between a SHEEP and a GOAT.
I do a search for Ram tag and there's plenty... and most are obviously Rams, but people think they are goats?
I guess because it's my fursona I can tell the difference.
A male Sheep is called a Ram: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ram
A male goat is called a Billy or Buck: http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/farm/goats/goat_about.html
I like Billy's and I like Rams. But they shouldn't be walloped into one tag just because they both have curly horns (some sheep and some goats have no horns at all even)
I want to edit tags to reflect which is which but I'm worried people will get angry that they can't find their pics and I don't want to rub anyone the wrong way.

Updated by RedOctober

And some sheep (notably the Hebridean sheep of Scotland) have like 8 horns!

I say fix the tags, people being angry be damned. Tag what you see. If what you see is not a male sheep, it should not be tagged as such.

Updated by anonymous

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