a number of sheep ____ very happy.is 还是 are

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a number of sheep ____ very happy.is 还是 are
a number of 后应加are 但sheep是不可数名词,怎么加?

are
sheep 单复数同形
类似还有:fish deer那要是像water information 之类的不可数名词用什么a number of 后跟可数名词,还是复数如果真是不可数名词主语的话,那就用is