[Josy]

I wanted to know why Goats stood on things and while browsing I came across a few other goat related facts.



5 Things you never knew about goats, well ok maybe you will know a couple but meh who cares.

1. Goats have accents. (just like humans do) these change as they grow older and move into different groups.

2. Goats stand on things. They, after all, originated from the Zagros Mountains in Anatolia, where they had to climb rocks and cliffs, and they can hold their balance in the most precarious places, including trees.

3. They have weird rectangular pupils. Goats’ eyes have horizontal slits, which give them deep peripheral vision and allow them to monitor predators in a broad area. Horses, cows, and other hoofed animals have similar pupils, but goats’ irises are usually pale, so they show up more prominently, and are more able to scare people.

4. They Give Us Cashmere. It’s still cold, and you might even be wearing a sweater. Cashmere first came from the soft necks of goats in the Kashmir region in the 18th and 19th centuries. Cashmere goats produce a double fleece, with a fine undercoat of hair. That’s the source of your soft scarf.

5. They Don’t Eat Tin Cans. But they will chew on almost anything. Goats are not grazers, who eat grass. They are browsers, who feed off leaves, shoots, fruits, shrubs and other plants. They will taste and bite anything that might look like plants and wooded vegetation, including cardboard boxes and paper—even labels off, yes, tin cans.





What do you think of all that then