#cephranes

[gior22art]

All about goats!

Although the goat is not an endangered animal I thought it would be nice to understand the importance of domestic animals and to show how they also play a crucial role in the plant.

First of all some cool facts: Some goats can have tufts of fur on their face, neck or ears these are called wuttles (often they are removed to help prevent injuries) Goats are born with teeth and are ready to go and graze soon after being born. Their upper jaw is larger than its lower jaw, so in order to chew their food they make the rotational movement with their that you can see whilst they eat. They have four stomachs like many other grazing animals and it can take as long as 15 hours for digestion to occur. Their square horizontal eyes (which are often considered scary) are evolved so they are not blinded by the sun whilst they graze or forage and also so they can keep an eye on predators. They were one of the first domesticated animals (after the dog) and were domesticated around 9,000 years ago. Goats can actually distinguish expressions of people and choose to respond to happy ones. They have a variety of names these are as follows:

Female - Doe / Nanny Male - Buck / Billy Castrated Male - Wether Young Male - Buckling Young Female - Doeling 1-2 yrs Young - Kid Giving Birth - Kidding A Group - Tribe / Trip Some other bits that I thought was interesting upon doing my research! Thor the god of thunder rode a chariot pulled by two goats called Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr (Norse for Teeth Bearer and Teeth Grinder) and has been referred to as "Lord of the Goats" The ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Cephranes loved goats so much he had 2,200 of them buried along with him!