Fainting Goats
These poor guys fall over at the slightest hint of excitement… Maybe they’re related to possums?
Wouldn’t last a minute on the serengeti-can you imagine the astonished laughter of the hyenas when they all fall over like ninepins before the chase even begins?
Humans breed animals for the wierdest reasons.
My thanks to the funniest Asshole on the web for the link.
May 29th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
The goats are narcoleptic. Its an inheritable condition.
And yes- this is not an evolutionary fit trait, hence why we study / breed them. Studying narcolepsy in goats reveals many cues of its function in humans.
River Phoenix’s character in My Own Private Idaho is narcoleptic.
(here by way of Soapy Sophie)
May 29th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Oh, how interesting. I was wondering if it was similar to narcolepsy, but the lady on the video says something else(and the narrator makes it sound as though people like them sheerly for the humor of it).
Thanks for the illumination! Do you actually study/breed them yourself? Or were you just referring to scientifically minded humans in general?
May 30th, 2007 at 3:05 am
I breed fish for scientific study- none of which are narcoleptic, but have read some of the studies on narcolepsy in animals. My favorite video was of puppies who would run and run and then drop and then bounce back up a minute later.
May 30th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
I’ve been unsuccessfully trying to breed chihuahua/piranha hybrids. So far I haven’t gotten any of the chihuahuas to mate with the piranhas and many of my subject piranhas are becoming morbidly obese….
May 30th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Poor chihuahuas! It’s a bit off-putting when your prospective mate likes to bite your parts off as an appetizer.