goats

Archaeologists Find World’s Oldest Cheese Smeared on Mummies in China

The odd discovery provides new insights into ancient dairy practices and the origin of kefir.

Tesla Owners Can Now Customize Their Car Horns With Sounds Like Fart or Goat

I now know when it is likely that I will have a heart attack. It will be when I’m walking, unsuspectingly, on the sidewalk and a Tesla happens to honk using the most terrifying sound I’ve heard in weeks: a bleating goat. Now, I’ve looked up videos of other goats bleating, and they do not…

Even the Perfect Batman Cartoon Was Bullshit Once in a While

Batman: The Animated Series, and, hell, the entire DC Animated Universe of shows spearheaded by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, are so beloved that in all my years doing Worst Episode Ever I never touched them. After all, I figured even the worst B: TAS episode would probably still be miles above most of the…

I Hung Out With 20 ‘Eco-Goats’ and It Was a Blaaaaast

It will likely come as no shock to you that I’m having a pretty unhappy time right now. I know I’ve got it pretty good, all things considered. But what with the global covid-19 pandemic and economic decline, the onslaught of election news, the ever-worsening existential threat of climate change, and also, uh, life stuff,…

Portugal Is Using Goats to Prepare for Wildfires, But There’s Not Enough Shepherds

Portugal, which has been ravaged by wildfires of increasing severity and duration in the era of climate change, is turning back to the goat to clear underbrush in the hopes of limiting potential fuel sources for the blazes, the New York Times reported on Saturday. One issue? A critical shortage of goatherds and shepherds in…

The Best Way to Remove Invasive Species? Greedy Goats

Connie Rieper-Estes likes to name her goat babies in batches. There are the cookie goats: Snickerdoodle, Biscotti, Nutter Butter, and Black and White Cookie. Before them came the ice cream-themed names: Neopolitan and Caramel Sundae. What better names to give a bunch of hungry goats? But Rieper-Estes’ goats are more than your average grazers. The…

Goats Do Not Like Your Grumpy Face

It turns out goats really do know that you’re trouble when you walk in. These domestic animals can distinguish human facial expressions, and prefer a pleasant smile to a disgruntled frown, according to new research. “This is the first evidence that shows goats are capable of visually discriminating facial expressions of a very different species,…

Firefighting Goats Devour Fuel Across the West Before it can Burn

Roslyn, WA—After one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory in the Pacific Northwest this summer—with the unforgettable smoke-pocalypse that socked in the region with thick smoke for weeks—a new tool is being added fight against wildfires: goats. “More and more, people are looking at goats as a tool for fire suppression,” said Craig…

Extremely Unruly Goat Smashes Office Glass Door, Comes Back for Seconds

A goat that was extremely bored, ornery, or both decided to smash in the front door of polyurethane manufacturer Argonics Inc.’s Colorado office this weekend, and the mystery may have gone unsolved were it not for the company’s surveillance system. Argonics uploaded video to YouTube of the goat’s July 16 rampage on Monday, writing its…

Goats Are More Like Dogs Than We Thought

Researchers at Queen Mary University in London peered into the beady square pupil eyes of a goat and asked the single worst question one can ask about a goat: “Could this thing be more like a dog?” Apparently yes! Only not in any adorable way. A new study published in the Biological Letters did not…

Shockingly, Salem’s Plan to Unleash 75 Lawn Care Goats on the City Did Not End Well

Salem has shuttered its program that turned park landscaping responsibilities over to a crew of several dozen goats, after the goats ran amok, drove away park visitors, and cost the city tens of thousands of dollars. The city in Oregon first unleashed several dozen goats on its parks back in October, and just four months…

Sheep use their brains to avoid dehydration. A new study shows theycan dramatically reduce water loss by using their brain’s built-in heat exchange system to cool down their blood. When sufficiently calm, sheep can save up to 80% of daily water intake by using this method. Image: Steven Walling/Vertigogen/CC

Can This Dog Herd Piglets, Ducks, and Goats?

Spoiler alert: Yes. Yes he can. Except for one kid, who stubbornly refuses to be herded. You go, little goat. Refuse to follow the herd! Be your own… goat. The goat video is the latest entry in Petcentric’s “Will It Herd?” series. The other two entries are below, and neither the ducks nor the piglets…

One Weird Trick for Controlling the Spread of Invasive Plants

You might assume, by virtue of being called the “common reed,” that it’s a common element of Eastern United States marshes. And you’d be right. But the common reed is an invader from the Old World, and it must be stamped out. Kill it with fire, etc. Okay, the truth is that most ecologists have…

And Now, The Jurassic Park Theme Performed By Goats

Nothing recaptures the majesty of Jurassic Park’s main theme better than a pack of screaming goats. Welcome to Jurassic Goat. [via Uproxx]

If I Die, Let It Be By Baby Goat Stampede

It’s Friday! Let’s celebrate by watching a baby goat stampede. Captured by the folks at Sunflower Farm in Maine, this is what it looks like when 44 baby goats want to go on a run. ADORABLE. Posted on Reddit by Redditor InaraP. [via Daily Pics and Flicks]

This is the happiest noise you’ll hear today

Hear that? It’s the sound of 16 itty bitty goat hooves skittering across a hardwood floor. Incidentally, it’s also the sound of sheer, unadulterated joy. Louisiana farmer Nadia Jarreau posted this video of her “quad squad” of four baby goats to Facebook a few days ago. We’ve only known about it for a few hours,…

It’s Like Squeezing Paint from a Goat

In the days before Home Depot paint departments, people slathered color onto their walls the old fashioned way: using a mixture of pigment, lime, and milk. Now, one Northern California farm is reviving this ancient tradition with the help of its resident goat herds. Harley Farms Goat Dairy in Pescadero, California, is primarily in the…

Parkour goat is tired of your bullsh*t fence

Five-foot fence? Please. Parkour goat’s got this. Goats were basically born to do this kind of thing. They scale near-vertical faces on the daily. [Spotted on Laughing Squid]

Valiant pig saves baby goat from drowning, wins the Internet’s heart

And the award for most adorable thing you’ll see today goes to this video of a pig saving a baby goat from drowning at a petting zoo. (NO THANKS TO YOU, MISTER CAMERAMAN.) Here’s your chance to watch it before your friends do. And then watch it again. And again. Something tells us this little…