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The domestic goat or simply goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of C. aegagrus domesticated from the wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the animal family Bovidae and the goat—antelope subfamily Caprinae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. There are over 300 distinct breeds of goat. Goats are one of the oldest domesticated species of animal, and have been used for milk, meat, fur, and skins across much of the world.Milk from goats is often turned into goat cheese,More info:wiki

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#10 Goats know what their friends sound like,More info:sciencemag

Goats know who their real friends are. A study published today in Royal Society Open Science shows that the animals can recognize what other goats look like and sound like, but only those they are closest with. Up until the late 1960s, the overwhelming assumption was that only humans could mentally keep track of how other individuals look, smell, and sound—what scientists call cross-modal recognition. We now know that many different kinds of animals can do this like horses, lions, crows, dogs, and certain primates. Instead of a lab, these researchers settled into Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats in Boughton Monchelsea, U.K., to find out whether goats had the ability to recognize each other. To do so, they first recorded the calls of individual goats. Then, they set up three pens in the shape of a triangle in the sanctuary’s pasture. Equidistant between the two pens at the base of the triangle was a stereo speaker, camouflaged as to not distract the goat participants. A “watcher” goat stood at the peak of the triangle, and the two remaining corners were filled with the watcher’s “stablemate” (they share a stall at night) and a random herd member. Then, the team would play either the stablemate’s or the random goat’s call over the speaker and time how long it took for the watcher to match the call with the correct goat. They repeated this test again, but with two random goats. The researchers found that the watcher goat would look at the goat that matched the call quickly and for a longer time, but only in the test that included their stablemate. The results indicate that goats are not only capable of cross-modal recognition, but that they might also be able to use inferential reasoning, in other words, process of elimination. Think back to the test: Perhaps when the goat heard a call that it knew was not its pal, it inferred that it must have been the other one.

#9 Goats prefer happy people,More info:phys

Goats can differentiate between human facial expressions and prefer to interact with happy people, according to a new study led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London.

The study, which provides the first evidence of how goats read human emotional expressions, implies that the ability of animals to perceive human facial cues is not limited to those with a long history of domestication as companions, such as dogs and horses.

#8 Goat walk to be held Sunday in Thurmond,More info:register-herald

Active Southern West Virginia and National Park Service rangers will lead a walk Sunday through the historic town of Thurmond, where participants will try to catch a glimpse of the now-famous Thurmond goats.

The New River Gorge National River brought in the goats to combat invasive species in the town of Thurmond that are becoming a problem for the natural flora and fauna of the region.

The Thurmond goats, who made the trip from Green Goats, of Rhinebeck, N.Y., are a mixture of breeds with different backgrounds, from retired dairy goats to 4H raised goats.

But most importantly, the release said, they are hungry goats. They are given the mission of eating their way to restoring the balance for native West Virginia plants to flourish once again.

#7 Artificial Insemination in Bengal goats to conserve valuable goat germplasm,More info:krishijagran

The Bengal goat breed is known for its meat quality, adaptability, and prolificacy. For the farmers in West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, and adjoining states, it is the breed of choice.

There is a shortage in the availability of quality breeding bucks due to early castration and slaughter of male goats for meat purpose. As goats are mostly reared by small, marginal and landless farmers, with flock size of 3- 5 goats, it is cheaply unviable to keep a breeding buck for a small flock. Thus the females are bred by nondescript males’ resulting in loss of precious germplasm of the region.

#6 Hawai‘i’s Feral Goats: Cute—But Destructive,More info:bigislandnow

Prior to 1778, there were no goats on any of the Hawaiian Islands. It was upon the arrival of Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver that goats were introduced to the islands.

It is believed that the first goats were brought on shore in the Kealakekua Bay area of Kona.

Originally given as gifts to the Hawaiian people, these domesticated animals eventually escaped and rapidly reproduced, creating large populations of wild goats that live in the semi-barren lava fields or mountain slopes on the islands.