Goats! Goats! Goats!
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Goat's Beard (aka Yellow Salsify) is a perennial, non-native wildflower found in Colorado (and in Michigan). Supposedly, it's taproot can be ground up as a coffee substitute. I think I'd have to wait 'til coffee was available again : )
It's large yellow flower opens in the morning, turns to face the sun, and closes by midday.
Goat Mountain in the Chisos Mountain Range in Big Bend National Park. The layering is a result of the caldera from a mountain that explored.
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A young goat at Apladalen, Värnamo, Sweden.
Mountain Goat (Wild) - Capra aegagrus hircus
Findhorn Valley, Scotland
The feral goats of Scotland were brought in by Neolithic-era humans for farming purposes but were likely abandoned around the late 1700s due to the Highland Clearances, the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. These people were unable to bring their livestock with them and, instead, had to leave them to roam the Highlands. The goats from this collective of livestock were able to get a foothold in this environment however and within little time, the population of Highland goats exploded to about 3,000 to 4,000. Though they are very common to see, they are also heavily considered both a nonnative, invasive species by the Scottish government as well as a major threat to the Scottish Highlands with there being evidence of the goats contributing to grazing pressures on at least 18 different conservational sites. Hunting remains as one of the primary ways that the population is handled and though a few population management plans have been discussed, few have gotten off of the ground.
Mountain Goat (Wild) - Capra aegagrus hircus
Findhorn Valley, Scotland
The feral goats of Scotland were brought in by Neolithic-era humans for farming purposes but were likely abandoned around the late 1700s due to the Highland Clearances, the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. These people were unable to bring their livestock with them and, instead, had to leave them to roam the Highlands. The goats from this collective of livestock were able to get a foothold in this environment however and within little time, the population of Highland goats exploded to about 3,000 to 4,000. Though they are very common to see, they are also heavily considered both a nonnative, invasive species by the Scottish government as well as a major threat to the Scottish Highlands with there being evidence of the goats contributing to grazing pressures on at least 18 different conservational sites. Hunting remains as one of the primary ways that the population is handled and though a few population management plans have been discussed, few have gotten off of the ground.
Morocco , between Marrakesh and Essaouira
These goats climb Argan trees in search for food. Argan berries are about the best food a Tamri goat could imagine, and to reach the fruit requires them to be adept in an extraordinary balancing act that’s quite unexpected from a hoofed animal.
Over time, the goats seem to have mastered this acrobatic skill, traipsing sure-footed on the narrow branches of the Argan trees.
However, this amazing show isn’t all that’s remarkable about these goats. After digesting the berries, the goats leave behind droppings that contain large kernels of the seeds they consume. These kernels are extracted from the manure, washed , ground pressed to produce argan oil.
Argan oil is an exotic health oil mainly used for culinary and cosmetic purposes.
A Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) surveys his domain from a vantage point of a cliff face in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
13 October, 2010.
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A goat are a poor mans cow, they say..... But I think it is an amazing creature !!
Moment at Baileys Norge:
domestic goat - one of the first tamed animals. Domesticated by in the Middle East about 9000 years ago. Ancestor of the domestic goat was wild bezoar goat. Goat is very undemanding and can survive in areas where other livestock would suffer from hunger. She can tolerate severe cold and heat, but poorly adapted to the wet climate.
A female moutain goat (Oreamnos americanus) walks along a ridge near the chairlift at the Beartooth Basin Ski Area along the Beartooth Highway in Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming. Though not native to Wyoming, these goats descended from small groups introduced to the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains in the 1940s and 1950s. They were brought in from western Montana where they are native. Some consider the species a compliment to the ecosystem. As their numbers grow, others worry about the effect of the goats on the alpine vegetation and the native mountain sheep population. Regardless of the concern that always accompanies introduced species, It is always fun to see them.