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Goats are shrinking because of climate change, researchers warn
Daily Mail UK ^ | October 22, 2014 | By MARK PRIGG

Posted on 10/22/2014 3:17:04 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: wyokostur

I knew it, I knew it.

Say anything about goats, and someone will associate muzzies with them.


41 posted on 10/22/2014 4:15:52 PM PDT by 353FMG (If you like your peaceful muzzies, you can keep your militant muzzies. Period.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Having cared for goats on and off through the years, they are useful for one thing and one thing only...

You are missing out on the milk, yogurt and cheese.

42 posted on 10/22/2014 4:16:06 PM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: spokeshave

No, I’m not missing a thing. I cannot STAND the smell of goat. I cannot abide the taste of goat cheese - and I’ll eat just about ANYTHING that doesn’t eat me first, LOL!

The only other thing I like about goats is goat milk soap - but cow or sheep milk is just as luxurious. :)

I’m trying. Really, I am. It’s just that they were my CHORE and RESPONSIBILITY growing up, and now that I’m a Grown Up, I don’t have to do that anymore! :)

Let’s talk Chickens. I think THEY are Nature’s Most Useful Critter. Ever.

Fried Chicken. Feathers for tying Trout flies. Eggs. Alarm Clocks. Companionship. *LOVE*


43 posted on 10/22/2014 4:29:36 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It is Darwinianism at its purist. The larger goats are easily found and removed from the gene pool. The smaller ones evade the Moose Limbs that are using them for breeding purposes and food. The smaller ones also survive better on the disappearing habitat.
44 posted on 10/22/2014 4:29:40 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: almcbean
No doubt.


45 posted on 10/22/2014 4:35:13 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: lonevoice
lol!
46 posted on 10/22/2014 4:39:11 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I someone would compile two lists of links.

List 1: Links to stories explaining why the temperature hasn’t changed yet, even though the AGW forces are building up behind the scenes to start changing temperature eventually. (There are hundreds and thousands of those stories out there.)

List 2: Links to stories claiming that this or that phenomenon that we can observe TODAY is directly caused by rising temperatures (that actually haven’t started rising yet, please see List 1).


47 posted on 10/22/2014 4:45:24 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Domestic animals like goats don't get to choose which goat they get to mate, their owners do.

If they are getting smaller, it's because breeders are selecting for smaller animals.

How do you think pigmy goats came about?

There was no such thing as pigmy goats fifty years ago.

People like them.

48 posted on 10/22/2014 4:49:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I thought all libs worship Darwin. Just evolving naturally.


49 posted on 10/22/2014 4:53:42 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I must concur, for the same reason you stated.

The only good goat is a dressed and cooked YOUNG goat.


50 posted on 10/22/2014 4:54:30 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

” The research, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council...”

I’m sure a very impartial organization.


51 posted on 10/22/2014 5:06:37 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I'd bet the owners of today are less experienced in which Billy to keep and which Nanny to allow too breed. Many things factor in including supplementing feed, how often the Nanny's are allowed to breed, keeping new bloodlines in the herds, etc.

In general though many breeders and owners are purposely going for shorter but stockier goats. You can cross a Nubian {taller and more slender} with a Saanen {shorter but more stocky} the goat will be slightly shorter and more stocky. Smaller goats are easier to deal with. Goats like a Nubian or Saanen if not debudded {dehorned} can kill a child and seriously harm an adult. Goats can be very violent and aggressive animals.

52 posted on 10/22/2014 5:09:04 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: ApplegateRanch; All

A-HA! See? I’m not crazy. :)


53 posted on 10/22/2014 5:26:34 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: cva66snipe

I would like to have a baby miniature goat, a “dwarf goat” as a house pet. But that’s just me ...


54 posted on 10/22/2014 5:28:35 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

they hate change


55 posted on 10/22/2014 5:30:08 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Tax-chick

The kri-kri are fine. Like all Greeks, they have seen this before!


56 posted on 10/22/2014 6:15:18 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: Tax-chick

The kri-kri are fine. Like all Greeks, they have seen this before!


57 posted on 10/22/2014 6:15:19 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

well, OK. Maybe they’re shrinking to fit their muslim boyfriends.


58 posted on 10/22/2014 6:16:53 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Giraffes too.


59 posted on 10/22/2014 6:18:43 PM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Globullist Theorists need to be unhinged at the brain stem.


60 posted on 10/22/2014 6:21:35 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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