Fainting Goats!

[moosenoose]

This file is approximately 2meg in size, but is definately worth the download wait no matter what your connection. I personally think it is one if the funniest things I have seen in a long time.

I bet there would be some predators out there wishing the prey they hunted was going to be this easy :lol:

http://users.tpg.com.au/dlbart/20050802faintinggoats.wmv

 

[munkee]

Have heard of a similar thing happening. There were some goats bred for this trait, I think the animal is not fainting as the clip says. I heard that the animal when scared has spasms locking the muscles and thus falling down. Anyone else heard of this?

 

[Hickson]

This breed has been around for a while and is specifically bred for this trait. The legs are temporarily paralysed when the animal is frightened or excited, usually the back legs first, then the forelegs. Or if the stimulus is great enough, all four at once. Farmers say they are great to manage because when you have to catch them up for vet checks/medication/movement/shearing all you have to do is walk into the field and yell at them and they all fall down.

They don't like thunderstorms.



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[Ricko]

hehe they were on wildboyz and they are very very funny.

 

[moosenoose]

Tennessee Wooden-leg
The Tennessee Wooden-leg goat has several aliases including "Tennessee Stiff-leg", "Nervous Goat", "Fall-Down Goat" and "Fainting Goat". These goats suffer from hereditary myotonia. When these goats are frightened, they experience extreme muscle stiffness causing extension of hind limbs and neck. In this startled state, if unbalanced, the animal will topple over like a statue or will stand immobile until the attack, usually lasting only 10-20 seconds, passes. Little is known about the earliest history of this breed except that in the early 1880's a man appeared in Marshall County, Tennessee with a sacred cow, three nannies and a billy in tow. These four goats suffered from fainting spells and were purchased as a curio by a Dr. Mayberry who propagated the breed. The inheritance of myotonia appears to be autosomal recessive and therefore can be alleviated through selection. The population of Tennessee Wooden-leg in the US is small (informally estimated to be around 3,000 head).

Not that I know anything about them, I just found them facinating, that and I am just really good at cutting and pasting quotes :lol:

A couple of those and a Tiger thanks :wink:

 

[Hickson]

and I am just really good at cutting and pasting quotes :lol:

And pretty good at Googling too!

A couple of those and a Tiger thanks :wink:

So you're placing an order for a pet tiger, and food for it? :lol:



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[munkee]

I saw on the news they were selling for hundreds of dollars for a while. Can't remember exactly when though.