| A private goat ATC swap between communikate and crescendo!  Some fun goat facts to fill this space: 
The proper name for a group of goats is a trip.Goats are great swimmers.If bottled raised, goats will become bonded to their caregivers.Goats were domesticated around 7000 B.C.Domestic goats are found worldwide.Pygmy goats are a goat species, not a breed.There are six recognized dairy goat breeds in the United States: Alpine, La Mancha, Oberhasli, Nubian, Saanen, Toggenburg.Each breed of dairy goat gives a different tasting milk. Oberhasli goats give milk that tastes closest to cow's milk.Goat's discovered coffee beans.Goat milk has a higher butterfat content than cow's milk.Hearty seafarers, goats were kept by sailors for milk.Ancient Greeks used goat skins to make vellum and parchment.Goats are depicted in Paleolithic art.True wild goats are found throughout southern Asia.The Ibex (another wild goat species) populates Europe, Asia and Africa.Matriarchal herds of goats consist of 5 to 20 individuals.Goats are browsers, not grazers.Goats are extremely picky about what they eat.Goats DO NOT eat tin cans.Goats have only bottom front and side teeth, the top jaw does have a large back molar for crushing things.Goats have rectangular eyes - this allows them to see very well in the dark.Goats contribute to desertification in Africa.The Rocky Mountain "goat" is not a true goat; it is closer to a sheep.Wild goats don't sleep. |