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.
İçindekiler
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
GOAT (Greatest Of All Time!)
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 sleKimse izlemediğinde EP.
Bu arada, evcil keçiler günde yaklaşık 5 saat uyur.
10. Keçiler evcilleştirilen ilk hayvanlardı
Son genetik analiz, Zagros Dağları’nın vahşi Bezoar ibex’inin bugün neredeyse tüm yerli keçilerin muhtemel kökenli olduğuna dair arkeolojik kanıtları doğrulamaktadır.
İnsanların evcilleştirildiği M.Ö. 7.000 gibi erken bir tarihte. Belki keçiler gerçekten insanın en iyi arkadaşıdır?
11. Keçiler Araçlar Kullanıyor
Keçiler, tekliflerini yapmak için çevrelerini manipüle ettiği bilinen birkaç hayvandan biridir. Balı hasat etmek için bir şube kullanan bir şempanze kadar dramatik olmayabilir, ancak keçilerin samanı aldığı ve sırtlarını çizmek için kullandıkları bilinmektedir.
12. Keçiler soğuk algınlığını yakalayabilir
Keçinize öksürmeyin veya hapşırmayın, çünkü soğuk algınlığı, flus ve zatürree de dahil olmak üzere birçok insan rahatsızlığına duyarlıdırlar.
13. Keçiler harika yüzücülerdir
Doyurucu denizciler, keçiler uzun zamandır bir denizcinin arkadaşı.
Tarihsel olarak uzun yolculuklarda et ve süt gemilerinde tutuldular ve bazen denize atıldı.
Kaptan keçilerini tahta yürüttüğünde, ritüel bir fedakarlık değildi. Aslında keçilere kaslarının distrofiyi önlemek için teknenin etrafında çok ihtiyaç duyulan bir yüzme veriyordu.
Peki, keçiler yüzebilir mi? Cevap, onlar harika yüzücüler ve yakın komşu adalarda nüfus için uzun mesafeler ve hatta denizlerde yüzdükleri biliniyor.
14. Keçi ağaçlara tırmanıyor
Bir ağaçta bir keçi görene kadar gerçekten yaşamadınız. Fas’taki bir Argan ağacının en dış dallarından asılan keçileri görmek, şimdiye kadar gördüğüm en komik yerlerden biriydi. Sadece bu resme göz atın:
Fotoğraf: Dailymail.co.uk üzerinden Gavin Oliver
15. Keçiler akıllı, meraklı ve seçicidir
Keçilerin kauçuk ve rastgele ev nesneleri üzerinde çiğnendiğini görmüş olabilirsiniz, ancak bunun nedeni aç ya da akılsızca çiğnedikleri için değil.
Keçiler aslında çok meraklıdır ve sık sık onları araştırmak için eşyalar alırlar. Keçiler muayene için ağzına neredeyse her şeyi koysa da, kesinlikle kağıt ve teneke kutulardan nefret ediyorlar.
Keçi (tüm zamanların en iyisi!)
İşte aldın!
Keçiler sadece sevimli ve komik değil, aslında birçok davranışsal tuhaflık ve insan türleriyle uzun bir geçmişi olan son derece zeki ve karmaşık hayvanlar.
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