Fainting goats

[alltorque]

Pretty funny, even without sound...!


www.qarxis.com/Fainting_Goats

[ADDYBOY1982]

I've got tears running down my face - that is so funny!

[lockstock2sb]

PMSL !!!

[Einion Yrth]

That does not look like an evolutionarily succesful trait - good job they're domesticated.

[alltorque]

alright, I admit I was underselling it a touch....

[Marki]

saw this on Sky a while back ,,,weird

[ApexClipper]

They don't stay on the deck for long though - they just seem to "faint" then jump back up again.

[BliarOut]

Einion Yrth said:

That does not look like an evolutionarily succesful trait - good job they're domesticated.

Oh , a predator. Thud.

[john75]

Not sure guess it is the flight or fight response

Only for some reason the goats faint

Kind of makes sense through because I was taught not to run from an angry animal but stay still.

[pesty]

john75 said:

Kind of makes sense through because I was taught not to run from an angry animal but stay still.

Yeah I told my mate that lat time we were walking in teh jungle. If a Lion approaches you stand still

[ApexClipper]

Actually, there IS an animal, of which part of it's defence function is to "play dead".

I'm pretty sure it's an animal, but I've got a niggling feeling it could be a marine creature of some sort.

[pesty]

ApexClipper said:

Actually, there IS an animal, of which part of it's defence function is to "play dead". I'm pretty sure it's an animal, but I've got a niggling feeling it could be a marine creature of some sort.

possum?

Playing possum

The opossum is perhaps best known for faking death as a means of defense when attacked. While he is capable of falling over on his side, his mouth open in a death-like grin with saliva running out, from which state he cannot be roused until the danger is past,



>> Edited by pesty on Wednesday 9th November 18:34

[simpo two]

Bred by cheetahs who can't be arsed to run.





There's also a breed of cat called the Ragdoll wihch goes limp when you pick it up. I don't think it faints though, just goes completely floppy.

[Mrs Fish]

BliarOut said:

Einion Yrth said: That does not look like an evolutionarily succesful trait - good job they're domesticated. Oh , a predator. Thud.

[alexkp]

Goats are strange creatures. A friend of miine keeps them, and apparently sometimes they just kind of give up living and die for no apparent reason.

They can also be very easily scared to death. Perhaps in the fainting goats it is a bizarre kind of defence mechanism?

[alfaman]

pesty said:

ApexClipper said: Actually, there IS an animal, of which part of it's defence function is to "play dead". I'm pretty sure it's an animal, but I've got a niggling feeling it could be a marine creature of some sort. possum? Playing possum The opossum is perhaps best known for faking death as a means of defense when attacked. While he is capable of falling over on his side, his mouth open in a death-like grin with saliva running out, from which state he cannot be roused until the danger is past, >> Edited by pesty on Wednesday 9th November 18:34

Well you get loads of Possums in NZ (not sure if they are related to the ones above ) - lots of them are on the remote roads at night - they sometimes "freeze" when startled by car headlights ...... not a very good self defense mechanism as they then get squished.

[ApexClipper]

Rabbits do that as well - hence the term "Caught in the headlights"

No, what I'm talking about is something completley different - when a particular animal senses or is aware of imminent danger, the animal actually makes an effort to "play dead".

[moleamol]

Seems to me like they are playing dead for some reason or another, must be some form of evolutionary process. Even if it's a bit shit.

[R988]

Chickens do something similar, jump out and frighten them and they stop and huddle on the ground, not all the time though.

[s2gonzo]

That is fantastic, so funny