An animatronic Rocky Mountain goat installed at a Japanese boat-racing enterprise eats 500 losing tickets a day on average, preventing customers from throwing tickets on the floor and creating less of a mess to clean up. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

In a repeat of a similar incident two years ago, a dead goat was found at Wrigley field. Presumably the goat was a reference to the Billy Goat curse, put on the Cubs in 1945 by Billy Goat tavern owner William Sianis after the team refused to allow his pet goat, Murphy, inside Wrigley Field for Game 4 of the World Series. The Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Mine is the tale of the recent convert. Admittedly, I’m late to the party: goat is the most widely consumed meat in the world, a staple of, among others, Mexican, Indian, Greek and southern Italian cuisines. Moreover, it’s been edging its way into yuppier climes for a year or so now, click-clacking its cloven hooves up and down the coasts and to places like Houston and Des Moines. picked by kakana 8 months ago

British archaeologists have unearthed the secrets of what is thought to be the world’s first prisoner of war camp.

Experts, working with Channel 4’s Time Team programme, say the camp near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, housed 7,000 captured French soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Three men who thought they rescued an injured bobcat or lynx in the middle of the highway were shocked to learn it was a 65-pound mountain lion.

They were even more shocked when two of them were ticketed for drug possession. picked by Jetka 10 months ago

The school administration has taken this whole situation in stride, even joking they wanted to make the goat an official student through open enrollment. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

A man accused of having sex with a goat is scheduled to be arraigned on Friday on a animal cruelty charge. Charging papers say a witness saw 63-year-old Arthur Lawton having sex with a goat May 8th in a barn at Eatonville's Pioneer Farm Museum where he worked. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Strange looking goat born with a bulldog's face (or maybe it's just a really ugly goat). picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Each year the people of Gavle build a 43-foot-tall straw goat, a traditional Scandinavian symbol of Christmas. But since the yuletide tradition began in the central Swedish city of Gavle in 1966, it has also drawn vandals, who have torched the animal 23 times since it was first set up to mark the holiday season. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

How many tries will it take you to match the many faces of mountain goats? Baaaaaaaaa baaaa. picked by baaaaaa 3 years ago

Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the "olor", to protect their precious goat herds from an ongoing drought. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A Clarksville preacher was killed by a goat Tuesday that he was attempting to return to a fenced-in area. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A Bensalem woman has been walking around in the snow with a bucket of bagels and goat feed trying to locate her lost pet Buckwheat. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

They'll always have a very different outlook on life.

But even though Gerald the giraffe is rather lofty and Eddie the goat is more down to earth, they are the perfect pairing.

They have formed an unlikely bond after Eddie was placed with 15ft Gerald as a short-term solution to keep the giraffe company at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Bristol. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Darren is a goat. Who waves. Video in the comments. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

Scientists in the US who have examined hairs claimed to belong to a yeti in India say that in fact they belong to a species of Himalayan goat. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A tiny goat surfs on the back of a sheep. It's pretty freaking cute, I'm not gonna lie. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

The goat was arrested, the Mercedes-Benz was assaulted and the dog came along for the ride. picked by arsphidius 1 year ago

The rare black-footed ferret will be reintroduced to the wilds of Canada this fall after a 70-year absence.
First, the animals will have to undergo weeks of vigorous survival training.

Sometimes boot camp works, sometimes not. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

A paternal dog has adopted an abandoned baby goat as his surrogate child. Billy the boxer has become the constant companion of the 12-day old kid called Lilly. He sleeps with the goat, licks her clean, and protects her from any dangers at Pennywell Farm wildlife centre at Buckfastleigh, near Totnes, Devon. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago