MOROCCO: Goats in trees? Is there no end to the kinds of abuses Muslims inflict on helpless animals? But thankfully, this isn’t one of them. Why do Moroccan Goats Climb Trees? The cloven-hoofed goats in Morocco only climb one particular type of tree: the Argania spinosa, typically referred to as the argan tree. The tree is endemic to southwest Morocco. A prickly and thorny tree, it produces small yellowish flowers, which then produce a fairly small fruit. The fruit’s seed is within a nut, which is further surrounded by soft flesh and a tough outer skin. The fruit’s pulp is...