The next dominant species of planet earth.

June 23, 2002 11:33 AM

The next dominant species of planet earth. Prepare yourselves, humans: your days are numbered (I for one hail our new spider-goat overlords.)
posted by Ty Webb (8 comments total)

I've always found "This Day in History" websites interesting. Many people do, apparently, because there certainly seem to be a lot of them out there.

Perhaps Metafilter should consider adding a similar feature.
posted by ook at 12:06 PM on June 23, 2002

Am I the only one with an image of goats on a futuristic battlefield? Standing up on two legs while spider web shoots out their udders. "Feel the wrath of the goats!"
posted by geoff. at 12:20 PM on June 23, 2002

We discussed this last week, here. Love the wording of your post, though.
posted by Marquis at 12:59 PM on June 23, 2002

The goats don't yet realize that they have super-powered milk. Nobody tell them.
posted by dhartung at 10:42 PM on June 23, 2002

I'd hate the be the baby goat that gets a mouth-full of mother's spider-milk.
posted by dawiz at 5:21 AM on June 24, 2002

Mrs Parker : "Boy, what are you doing in there?"
Peter : "Just kidding, mom!"

On preview : that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, does it?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:53 AM on June 24, 2002

As if goats weren't already agile climbers. Now they'll be chewing the ivy off walls, nibbling the moss under the eaves, and staring in your upper windows with yellow demon eyes.

So, suppose these buggers are safe for release into the wild. What about smuggling some breeding pairs to poor countries where people depend on traditional herding? Granny could knit bullet-proof vests in traditional patterns.
posted by pracowity at 7:16 AM on June 24, 2002

Hey, guess what my cat's breath smells like!
posted by Samsonov14 at 8:44 AM on June 24, 2002