Exhausted by the stresses and strains of modern life, Thomas Thwaites decided to forgo home comforts and test if the grass really was greener elsewhere - by living as a goat in Switzerland. Having applied for a university grant to study goat psychology, Thomas tracked down a goatherd in the village of Wolfenschiessen in Switzerland which was prepared to take him in for a few days while the animals grazed on their summer pasture. Then came the challenge of living as a goat, which meant being able to walk on all fours and digest grass. The researcher enlisted the help...