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[wesleysgirl]

Okay, I feel a little bit bad for posting this, because it seems kind of mean, but check out these fainting goats. Apparently, they're genetically bred to have their muscles lock up when they're startled, so if you scare them, they freeze up and fall over. It seems cruel to laugh at them, but I couldn't help it.

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[kimberly-a.livejournal.com]

Why in the world would someone breed goats for this particular abnormality? Perhaps it's a side-effect of something else they were breeding for.

[settiai]

The main reason that people breed fainting goats nowadays is because of the oddity of it and the notoriety it brings them. I live in the Tennessee county where the goats were first discovered, so there are quite a few people who raise them around here. They get quite a bit of attention from the media at certain times of the year, and you'd be surprised at the number of people who travel here just to see them.