Was it a goat or was it a sheep, it really makes no difference as this story alone destroys the idea the Quran is preserved!!
Ever heard of “The dog ate my homework excuse?” Wait you will not believe this….
According to hadith, some Qur’anic verses were written on a piece of paper and were lost when a goat ate it:
[Narrated ‘Aisha] “The verse of the stoning and of suckling an adult ten times were revealed, and they were (written) on a paper and kept under my bed. When the messenger of Allah expired and we were preoccupied with his death, a goat entered and ate away the paper.”
Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal. vol. 6. p. 269; Sunan Ibn Majah, p. 626; Ibn Qutaybah, Tawil Mukhtalafi ‘l-Hadith (Cairo: Maktaba al-Kulliyat al-Azhariyya. 1966) p. 310; As-Suyuti, ad-Durru ‘l-Manthur, vol. 2. p. 13
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “The Verse of stoning and of breastfeeding an adult ten times was revealed, and the paper was with me under my pillow. When the Messenger of Allah died, we were preoccupied with his death, and a tame sheep came in and ate it.” (Hasan)
Sunan Ibn Majah 3:9:1944
My thoughts on this subject: it sounds very odd and even unbelievable that the only two verses to be eaten happen to be the ones that are very controversial! Even more odd, Aisha cannot make up her mind what type of animal it was! Muhammad would have got so much heat from the incident of Aisha being accused of “sleeping with Safwan” as well as the crazy suggestion that breast feeding an adult to make them your maharam (legally your relatives) is an absolute joke! I can understand why he (and the Sahabah) would have wanted those verses destroyed. To suggest they are eaten by an animal is also ridiculous. The Quran was supposed to be preserved by memorisation and not recording! Can you not see why this whole story destroys the idea that the Quran is preserved!
Source of the story on sunnah.com who went with the Sheep not goat!
https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:1944