Aren’t goats the best? If you’re wondering can goats swim, do they like water, or if they sleep, you’ve come to the right place. learn all this and more about goats in this article.
We call ourselves Goats On The road for three reasons.
We call each other “goat” or “goady” as pet names.
We always see goats wandering around on the road when we travel. Plus, we are on the road (notice the double entendre).
We love goats!
Who doesn’t love goats? If you’ve ever seen a baby goat, you’d know that goats are one of the cutest animals alive. but there is a lot more to goats than you may think. They are smart, fashionable and absolutely hilarious.
Here are 15 things you may not know about our favourite nomadic livestock.
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1. Goats Are responsible for Cashmere
2. Goats Are very Social
3. Goats discovered Coffee
4. Goats Are Quirky
5. Goats have Eyes in The back of Their Heads
6. big Goat, small Goat
7. Goats Faint When They’re Scared
8. give two kids a buck and call Them a Trip
9. Wild Goats never Sleep
10. Goats Were the first animals to be Domesticated
11. Goats use Tools
12. Goats Can catch Colds
13. Goats Are great Swimmers
14. Goats Climb Trees
15. Goats are Smart, Inquisitive and Picky
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1. Goats Are responsible for Cashmere
If you’re in the fashion business you may have already known that cashmere is made from goat fur, but this was news to me. I was reading a post on this blog and I was shocked to find out that goats actually produce this expensive and luxurious wool!
If you’ve ever smelled a goat before, you may be surprised to find out that people actually wear their fur. Cashmere has been manufactured in Nepal for thousands of years. The fiber is also known as pashm (Persian for wool) or pashmina (Persian/Urdu word derived from Pashm) for its use in the famous handmade shawls of Kashmir.
2. Goats Are very Social
Despite being represented as shy and introverted in the 12 animal Chinese Zodiac, goats are actually very social. They frequently communicate with each other and mothers can recognize their “kid’s” bleat even after a year of being separated.
3. Goats discovered Coffee
Long ago in the Ethiopian highlands, a goat herder named Kaldi noticed that his goats were acting a bit strange. They were hopping up and down and running in circles into the wee hours of the morning.
He soon realized that their strange behaviour was due to their consumption of a certain berry. The berry soon became known for its energetic properties and word about its outstanding effects spread into the Arabian Peninsula, and from there it was transported and traded around the world.
The dancing Goat Coffee company in the UK has clearly heard of this legend. Today coffee is the world’s second most traded commodity (next to oil). Thanks, goats!
4. Goats Are Quirky
We all know that goats are a quirky animal, but their scientific name, Capra aegagrus hircus, actually derives from the Latin word Capra, which means quirky, whimsical, fanciful and apt to change suddenly.
5. Goats have Eyes in The back of Their Heads
Well, not literally, but goats have a strange, rectangular pupil that allows them to see 320 degrees around them. Their oddly-shaped eyes also grant them great night vision!
6. big Goat, small Goat
Goats actually vary greatly in size from small 35 lb pygmy goats to giant 240 lb Boer goats! Both species are raised for meat and while Boer goats clearly have more fat to feast on, pygmy goats are known for their high-quality milk.
7. Goats Faint When They’re Scared
Actually this is a controversial myth.
In reality, goats don’t faint, but the Tennessee Fainting goat has a condition of the central nervous system called congenital myotonia, in which their muscles become temporarily paralyzed when they panic.
The condition causes no pain, but the animals do fall over. No matter what causes them to tip over, it is hilarious, but you shouldn’t go around screaming at goats to make them faint… just watch it on YouTube instead!
8. give two kids a buck and call Them a Trip
Young goats are called kids and adult male goats are bucks (or billies). females are called does (or nannies) and a group of goats is called a trip.
9. Wild Goats never Sleep
That’s right, wild goats are like Chuck Norris, they don’t sleep, they wait.
This is actually a controversial topic but many goat specialists (yes there is such thing as a goat specialist) say that wild goats never sleep. Others claim that it’s a “tree falling in an empty forest” situation and the goats actually do sleEP cuando nadie está mirando.
Mientras tanto, las cabras domesticadas duermen unas 5 horas al día.
10. Las cabras fueron los primeros animales en domesticar
El análisis genético reciente confirma la evidencia arqueológica de que el bezoar salvaje ibex de las montañas de Zagros es el origen probable de casi todas las cabras domésticas en la actualidad.
Se cree que los humanos domesticaron las cabras tan pronto como 7,000 a. C. ¿Quizás las cabras son realmente el mejor amigo del hombre?
11. Las cabras usan herramientas
Las cabras son uno de los pocos animales conocidos por manipular su entorno para hacer sus órdenes. Puede que no sea tan dramático como un chimpancé que usa una rama para cosechar miel, pero se sabe que las cabras recogen paja y la usan para rascarse la espalda.
12. Las cabras pueden atrapar resfriados
No toser o estornudar a su cabra porque son susceptibles a muchas dolencias humanas, incluidos resfriados, flus y neumonía.
13. Las cabras son excelentes nadadores
Los abundantes marineros, las cabras han sido durante mucho tiempo un compañero de marinero.
Históricamente se les ha mantenido en barcos para carne y leche durante largos viajes y ocasionalmente fueron arrojados por la borda.
Cuando el capitán hizo que sus cabras caminaran por la tabla, no fue un sacrificio ritualista. En realidad, le estaba dando a las cabras un nado muy necesario alrededor del bote para evitar que sus músculos se distrofies.
Entonces, ¿pueden nadar las cabras? La respuesta es que son excelentes nadadores y se sabe que nadan largas distancias e incluso a través de los mares para poblar en islas vecinas cercanas.
14. Las cabras suben árboles
Realmente no has vivido hasta que hayas visto una cabra en un árbol. Ver cabras precariamente colgadas de las ramas más exteriores de un árbol de argán en Marruecos fue uno de los sitios más divertidos que he visto. Solo mira esta imagen:
Foto de: Gavin Oliver a través de DailyMail.co.uk
15. Las cabras son inteligentes, inquisitivas y exigentes
Es posible que haya visto cabras masticando caucho y objetos domésticos aleatorios, pero esto no se debe a que tengan hambre o masticando sin pensar.
Las cabras son realmente muy inquisitivas y con frecuencia recogen artículos para investigarlas. Si bien las cabras pondrán casi cualquier cosa en la boca para su examen, odian absolutamente los papeles y las latas.
Cabra (¡el mejor de todos los tiempos!)
¡Ahí tienes!
Las cabras no son solo adorables e hilarantes, en realidad son animales extremadamente inteligentes y complejos con muchas peculiaridades de comportamiento y una larga historia con la especie humana.
Este artículo se inspiró en el divertido video a continuación y mi posterior investigación de cabras. ¡Espero que hayas disfrutado de leerlo!
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