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Then faces were then rotated so that the sheep viewed them from different perspectives and once again, the sheep also could recognize the celebrity's faces from tilted images.

Sheep can remember up to 50 different sheep faces for more than two years, say researchers in Britain. CBC News · Posted: Nov 08, 2001 2:55 PM EST | Last Updated: November 8, 2001.