Posted on 10/22/2014 3:17:04 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
They appear to be shrinking in size as they react to changes in climate, according to new research from Durham University.
The researchers studied the impacts of changes in temperature on the body size of Alpine Chamois, a species of mountain goat, over the past 30 years.
To their surprise, they discovered that young Chamois now weigh about 25 per cent less than animals of the same age in the 1980s.
In recent years, decreases in body size have been identified in a variety of animal species, and have frequently been linked to the changing climate.
However, the researchers say the decline in size of Chamois observed in this study is striking in its speed and magnitude.
The research, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council is published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology.
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So they want bigger goats? Bigger goats would eat more causing more damage to the planet through methane output.
Goats are shrinking. Our worst fears have been realized.
Will the global warming crowd ever give up? People are waking up and not buying this crap anymore.
The climate hasn’t changed in nearly 20 years, how could no change have had an effect on goat size? and why would we care?
Thanks for posting the article.
There are two things that influence the size of a creature (the avg. size over a long time period).
Environment and Food. Granted the Sun’s Rays are part of the environment, but if they made goats smaller then they would also make every creature smaller. I don’t see that happening.
Must be the food.
No one told our goat about this!
Climate change...is there anything in can’t do?
” The climate hasn’t changed in nearly 20 years”
All we need to know. They lie!
The main point is it is NOT man made. Man is like a small pimple on a bull elephants azz. Astronauts cannot even see any man made objects from orbit! Only the Great Wall of China is barely perceptible.
LOL!!
Goats are shrinking because they are trying to hide from the muzzies
Goats are shrinking trying to hide out from horndog jihadis!
Shorter goats will make it easier for the democrats to have sex when on a hillside ....
I told them not to wash the goats in hot water, but did they listen? NO! Now we have shrinking goats to deal with!
Maybe, they have been on Michelle O’s Starve-a-Kid diet.
How is this affecting the kri-kri?
Montana! Where men are men and sheep are nervous!
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