Quiz: When Genetics Shape Sheep Voices PopBiology Owl Mar 27, 2026 0 1. The researchers created sheep lines based on how much wool they produced True False None 2. What turned out to be the best predictor of how a sheep would sound? How stressed they felt in the moment Their age and size Their genetic sociability score and social behavior The time of day they were recorded None 3. The researchers recorded sheep in two different situations. Which combination did they use? Feeding time and sleeping Isolation stress and treat anticipation Rainy weather and sunny weather Morning calls and evening calls None 4. Highly social sheep became MORE individually recognizable when they were distressed by separation True False None 5. What does "socio-acoustic co-selection" mean in simple terms? Sheep learn to copy each other's voices Loud sheep are more social than quiet sheep Breeding for personality accidentally changes voices too Social sheep have better hearing than independent sheep None Time's up
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