Harbinger of End Times Arrives in Ireland Inhabiting Physical Body of Goat-Sheep (“Geep”)

Via the BBC, news of “The Second Coming”:

A rare, hybrid animal that is part goat and part sheep has been born on a farm in the Republic of Ireland.

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;/ Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The animal, referred to as a geep, was born about two weeks ago on Paddy Murphy’s farm in County Kildare.

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere/ The ceremony of innocence is drowned

Mr Murphy said the cross-breeding was not intentional. He described it as a “pure shock to the system.”

Surely some revelation is at hand;/ Surely the Second Coming is at hand.

Mr Murphy confirmed that the geep appeared to be healthy and “thriving” and was able to run faster than other lambs that were born around the same time.

The darkness drops again; but now I know that twenty centuries of stony sleep/ were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle

He said he witnessed a goat mating with ewes on his farm during “tupping” season five months ago, but had given the matter little thought until the geep appeared.

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last/ Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

“He’s an unusual character,” Mr Murphy added, saying the animal was developing a set of horns on its head.

The geep has not yet been named, says Mr. Murphy. I bet we can find something good in Yeats? Here also is my actual favorite poem about a sheep hybrid; “The Sheep-Child” is much more disturbing than the goat-sheep, which is adorable. [BBC]