Protip: Do not under any circumstance get between a male goat and one of its offspring. It will try to kill you. An angry sheep or goat is a lot more aggressive, fast, and scary than you'd ever imagine. posted by schmod at 6:26 AM on June 1, 2011
That site was not anywhere near funny enough to justify the 2 minutes or so that I spent there. posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:52 AM on June 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Sorry they can't all be to your liking flapjax. posted by AstroGuy at 6:54 AM on June 1, 2011
But speaking of goats, I once held the hind legs of a goat while it was having its neck slit open. It was in Nigeria, where goat is consumed frequently. The goat was gonna be dinner, for me and the family I was living with during my stay there, in 1980/81. Man, that goat screamed the way you or I would scream if we were about to get our throats slit. It was pretty... real. And, whoa, how that goat squirmed and thrashed. Almost lost my grip once or twice. It was a hell of an experience, one that I wouldn't care to repeat. posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:57 AM on June 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Do not under any circumstance get between a male goat and one of its offspring. It will try to kill you. An angry sheep or goat is a lot more aggressive, fast, and scary than you'd ever imagine.
Do male goats/sheep take an active role in child rearing? That seems sort of different than a large majority of mammal species, and not what I would expect from something as recalcitrant as a goat.
that goat screamed the way you or I would scream if we were about to get our throats slit
I watch videos like the goat stampede, and I see the photos of goats in trees and then I read articles about fainting goats, and I realize that this is the kind of animal for me.
Which is exactly why I can't ever have them.
Because I'd walk outside and see my tiny adorable pygmy goats up in the tree looking down placidly at me, and the evil part of my brain wouldn't be able to resist clapping my hands and shouting "Boo!" just so that I could stand there, under the tall branches as *thud* the goats *thud* fainted and *thud* fell all around me.
Which in its way, is a completely different kind of goat trauma. I suppose if I brought some children around, when the goats got back up, all angry at having fallen, they could terrorize the little ones and create some future testimonials.
But really, I do want goats, they are awesome. posted by quin at 7:37 AM on June 1, 2011 [6 favorites]
Fuck goats, the real assholes you need to keep an eye on are geese. Goddamn geese. posted by aspo at 7:52 AM on June 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
I was traumatized when Goats went on hiatus. Has it been a full year? Is Jon R. going to figure out how to prevent the December 2012 multiverse shutdown (caused by ancient Mayan computer programmers) and get the main characters back from their monochromatic state? And rescue Brock Stalkley (my favorite vegetable character) from Superhell? At least 37 fans like me want to know!!! posted by oneswellfoop at 7:53 AM on June 1, 2011
mmm goat!
that's the one thing I miss most here in finland, goat makes the best do pyaaza posted by infini at 10:31 AM on June 1, 2011
I plan to overcome my fear of overcooking goat this month!
I just picked up Goat: Meat, Milk Cheese a really excellent cookbook a few weeks ago because I have some goat riblets in my freezer from the meat CSA that I had no idea how to cook. posted by vespabelle at 11:38 AM on June 1, 2011
I plan to overcome my fear of overcooking goat this month!
I guess the OP didn't realize the direction we'd take with our awareness of trauma to goat posted by infini at 11:46 AM on June 1, 2011
While other animals such as sheep, cows and horses are not by any means the violent creatures that goats are, goats frequently lurk within a herd, waiting to take advantage of peoples' trust in such animals. posted by brenton at 1:07 PM on June 1, 2011
That site was not anywhere near funny enough to justify the 2 minutes or so that I spent there.
You didn't rollover the logo on the home page, did you? posted by slogger at 1:34 PM on June 1, 2011
And Goats on Stuff too! Man, I love goats. I love goats so damn much.
posted by the dief at 12:25 AM on June 2 [4 favorites +] [!]
Sit down, because I'm going to blow your mind. You can not only eat goat, but through a process I don't understand—it involves nipples and farmers in gumboots—you can eat cheese! Made from a goat! posted by oxford blue at 6:19 PM on June 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Geez. Total slam operation on innocent goats. Absolutely any animal can give someone trauma. Next up: house centipede trauma awareness month.
The idea that there are living creatures in the world who aren't me is pretty traumatic. posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 6:29 PM on June 1, 2011
As a delightful ipecac to this pablum, please visit Goats on Things. Hell yeah goats!
posted by the dief at 6:24 AM on June 1, 2011 [6 favorites]