Goats

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  1. Joe Riley

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    Q: How was the goat meat?

    A: Not Baa-aahd!
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    Fascinating information here about goats! I love them.
     
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    As a child I lived on a farm with goats ... loved them. They were sweet pets to me.:)

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    Let it Goat-Let it Go goat remix
     
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    LOL ... where do you come up with all this stuff?? ...:D:D
     
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    I never thought I'd say this but, "Those are GORGEOUS GOATS!"
     
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    Another African goat adventure: when I worked in Ethiopia, in a town called Mekele, I was located in a small office at street level. We usually kept the front door open because it was pretty hot.

    One afternoon, I was sitting at my desk doing whatever it was that I was meant to be doing when there was a sudden commotion at the door. Three goats charged into the office, pursued shortly after by a small boy. He looked a little embarrassed and gave us a sheepish (sorry) grin. Between us, we managed to get the goats out and get back to normal.

    Such is life in Africa - one minute you're talking to someone in a smart suit and carrying a state of the art mobile phone, the next you're wrestling with goats.
     
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    ...before mobile phones.
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    I give you the markhor, a species of wild goat found in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is a serious goat...

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    Horns, a plenty! Here are the Marco Polo Sheep.
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    Goatsbeard. I had some in my perennial garden.

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