Branching out.
September 13, 2015 6:57 PM Subscribe
Tree Goats. That is all.
Do not park your car under that tree.
posted by aubilenon at 7:09 PM on September 13, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by aubilenon at 7:09 PM on September 13, 2015 [8 favorites]
When played simultaneously with the opening music from Star Wars, this becomes a video of noble space goats in odd spaceships!
posted by ChuraChura at 7:09 PM on September 13, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by ChuraChura at 7:09 PM on September 13, 2015 [4 favorites]
I wish Hitchcock had seen this instead of ominous flocks of birds back in 1963.
posted by benito.strauss at 7:12 PM on September 13, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by benito.strauss at 7:12 PM on September 13, 2015 [8 favorites]
Tree Billy Goats Gruff?
posted by Confess, Fletch at 7:12 PM on September 13, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Confess, Fletch at 7:12 PM on September 13, 2015 [3 favorites]
I just fainted. Also, I want that tree. Why doesn't cool shit like that happen in my neighborhood?
posted by _Mona_ at 7:19 PM on September 13, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by _Mona_ at 7:19 PM on September 13, 2015 [2 favorites]
Confess, Fletch, I played the tree by the bridge in TBGG in 1st grade There were no goats on my limbs at the time.
posted by harrietthespy at 7:24 PM on September 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by harrietthespy at 7:24 PM on September 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
Allowed me to be the first to say
posted by maryr at 7:27 PM on September 13, 2015 [2 favorites]
wut.posted by maryr at 7:27 PM on September 13, 2015 [2 favorites]
Diamond in the back. Sun-roof top. Diggin' the scene with the tree goat lean. Ooo-oo-oooh...
posted by downtohisturtles at 7:34 PM on September 13, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by downtohisturtles at 7:34 PM on September 13, 2015 [3 favorites]
Thanks, MetaFilter, after today's posts I'm looking forward to nightmares about goatwasps catching the scent of goats from the goat tree and burrowing into them.
posted by Wolfdog at 7:42 PM on September 13, 2015
posted by Wolfdog at 7:42 PM on September 13, 2015
The Argania tree is not the most aesthetically pleasing plant in the world with a rough, thorny bark and gangly, crooked branches, but the Moroccan arbor still tends to attract admirers thanks in large part to the hordes of goats that can usually be found perching in them.But wait, there's more!
Grown almost exclusively in Morocco, the Argania is a rare and protected species after years of over-farming and clear-cutting. The tree produces an annual fruit crop. It is this delicious morsel that attracts legions of local goats who hop up into the branches to pick them out.
Argan fruit falls in July, when black and dry. Until this happens, goats are kept out of the argan woodlands by wardens. Rights to collect the fruit are controlled by law and village traditions. The leftover nuts are gathered after consumption and excretion by the goats.Goats aren't kept out because they might fall on people, or the fruit is so tasty ...
Known by the Moroccan community as the "Tree of Life", the Argan tree (Argania spinosa) has supported the people of these arid regions and their livestock for centuries. The leaves and fruit sustain goats, camels and sheep. Cattle live off the press-cake that remains after the oil has been extracted; humans eat the oil and the nut shells are used for fuel. Argan oil is produced from the kernels of the tree and is one of the rarest and most expensive oils in the world.posted by filthy light thief at 7:43 PM on September 13, 2015 [22 favorites]
This is such a tired stereotype.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 7:44 PM on September 13, 2015 [14 favorites]
posted by ActingTheGoat at 7:44 PM on September 13, 2015 [14 favorites]
Monte Python did something like this with sheep.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 7:44 PM on September 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Mr. Yuck at 7:44 PM on September 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm pretty sure this is the Party Tree scene from the end of the P. D. Eastman book Go, Goat, Go!
posted by George_Spiggott at 7:45 PM on September 13, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by George_Spiggott at 7:45 PM on September 13, 2015 [5 favorites]
We need to somehow link this up with "travel" and "Morocco" because any asks about what to go see in Morocco should get at least one response of "go see the tree goats"!
posted by susiswimmer at 7:58 PM on September 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by susiswimmer at 7:58 PM on September 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
If you are interested, you can enjoy Goats in Trees all year round! That is the calendar I have in my office, and it is pretty inspiring.
posted by ChuraChura at 8:02 PM on September 13, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by ChuraChura at 8:02 PM on September 13, 2015 [4 favorites]
I'm pretty sure this is the Party Tree scene from the end of the P. D. Eastman book Go, Goat, Go!
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
"Do you like my hat?"
"I DO! But not as much as this Argan press-cake everyone's enjoying - where're you going?"
"Good-bye!"
"Uh, Good-bye..."
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:12 PM on September 13, 2015 [2 favorites]
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
"Do you like my hat?"
"I DO! But not as much as this Argan press-cake everyone's enjoying - where're you going?"
"Good-bye!"
"Uh, Good-bye..."
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:12 PM on September 13, 2015 [2 favorites]
That is all.
And it is all there ever needs to be.
Also it reminds me of some scary video game glitch.
posted by not_on_display at 8:21 PM on September 13, 2015 [3 favorites]
And it is all there ever needs to be.
Also it reminds me of some scary video game glitch.
posted by not_on_display at 8:21 PM on September 13, 2015 [3 favorites]
Even though I am a dyed in the wool Capricorn, goats really kind of freak me out sometimes.
don't get me started on their eyes, either
posted by Hermione Granger at 8:37 PM on September 13, 2015
don't get me started on their eyes, either
posted by Hermione Granger at 8:37 PM on September 13, 2015
Oh wow, that's the same tree argan oil comes from. Argan is the best thing for keeping my beard fluffy and soft. And the connection with tree goats makes me happy.
posted by idiopath at 9:29 PM on September 13, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by idiopath at 9:29 PM on September 13, 2015 [2 favorites]
Monte Python did something like this with sheep.
Episode 2.
I don't know how this thread isn't already filled with "A goat is not a creature of the air" and "Notice they do not so much fly as plummet" in a broad Lancashire(?) accent. Cultural literacy, people.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:50 PM on September 13, 2015
Episode 2.
I don't know how this thread isn't already filled with "A goat is not a creature of the air" and "Notice they do not so much fly as plummet" in a broad Lancashire(?) accent. Cultural literacy, people.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:50 PM on September 13, 2015
Yet you don't link to a video of the viewing of the completely un-bird-like sheep, and the subsequent discussion of the benefits of flying sheep.
posted by filthy light thief at 10:20 PM on September 13, 2015
posted by filthy light thief at 10:20 PM on September 13, 2015
Bookmarked for gloomy days, thanks.
posted by cotton dress sock at 11:23 PM on September 13, 2015
posted by cotton dress sock at 11:23 PM on September 13, 2015
Goats, like cats, are always looking for more Up.
posted by The Whelk at 11:34 PM on September 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 11:34 PM on September 13, 2015 [1 favorite]
This picture of a goat halfway up a cliff was going round Twitter yesterday.
posted by kersplunk at 2:10 AM on September 14, 2015
posted by kersplunk at 2:10 AM on September 14, 2015
I counted way more than tree goats.
posted by dephlogisticated at 5:03 AM on September 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by dephlogisticated at 5:03 AM on September 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
Something is wrong with that video. None of the goats are eating. They're all just ... standing there.
posted by Solomon at 6:28 AM on September 14, 2015
posted by Solomon at 6:28 AM on September 14, 2015
I counted way more than tree goats.
Notice their fur isn't very clean? You're actually seeing dirty tree goats.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:42 AM on September 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
Notice their fur isn't very clean? You're actually seeing dirty tree goats.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:42 AM on September 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
Previously on Metafilter: The goat is on a pole!
posted by flabdablet at 6:43 AM on September 14, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by flabdablet at 6:43 AM on September 14, 2015 [1 favorite]
You're actually seeing dirty tree goats.
And then they rub all over the tree, so that's none too clean either. Plus they're surely crapping up there as well. Dirty tree and a turd? Surely that's some kind of record.
posted by flabdablet at 6:49 AM on September 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
And then they rub all over the tree, so that's none too clean either. Plus they're surely crapping up there as well. Dirty tree and a turd? Surely that's some kind of record.
posted by flabdablet at 6:49 AM on September 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
Hermione Granger: don't get me started on their eyes, either
But there's a really interesting reason that they have weird rectangular pupils. And better yet, their eyes rotate to keep their pupils horizontal! This gives them better peripheral vision than predators.
posted by filthy light thief at 8:04 AM on September 14, 2015 [4 favorites]
But there's a really interesting reason that they have weird rectangular pupils. And better yet, their eyes rotate to keep their pupils horizontal! This gives them better peripheral vision than predators.
posted by filthy light thief at 8:04 AM on September 14, 2015 [4 favorites]
Goats on some sproingy piece of metal or plastic.
posted by benito.strauss at 8:50 AM on September 14, 2015
posted by benito.strauss at 8:50 AM on September 14, 2015
benito.strauss, those goats need this soundtrack.
And better yet, their eyes rotate to keep their pupils horizontal! This gives them better peripheral vision than predators.
*checks Magic Johnson and Steve Nash for goat eyes*
posted by Room 641-A at 9:21 AM on September 14, 2015
And better yet, their eyes rotate to keep their pupils horizontal! This gives them better peripheral vision than predators.
*checks Magic Johnson and Steve Nash for goat eyes*
posted by Room 641-A at 9:21 AM on September 14, 2015
These guys are the inspiration for the cover of All Yeterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals. Tree Protoceratops!
posted by brundlefly at 2:51 PM on September 14, 2015
posted by brundlefly at 2:51 PM on September 14, 2015
....because it was there.
Some goats just can't shake their ancestral memories of steep mountainsides and narrow ledges.
posted by Sunburnt at 5:11 PM on September 14, 2015
Some goats just can't shake their ancestral memories of steep mountainsides and narrow ledges.
posted by Sunburnt at 5:11 PM on September 14, 2015
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