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 tags yeti hair goat hairs Meghalaya himalayan |
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Tests on two mystery strands of hair found in the mountains of north-east India could prove that the infamous Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, may have once existed. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 9 comments edit related share science |
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 1 comments edit related share sports |
A goat somehow hitched a ride on a Portland bus Monday night, surprising TriMet officials and her owner, who was baffled about how she got there. Video picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Scientists have used gene therapy on mouse embryos to grow hair cells with the potential to reduce hearing loss in adult animals. The proof-of-concept experiments are a crucial step toward therapies that could one day treat deafness and inner-ear disease in humans. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
They'll always have a very different outlook on life. 3 comments edit related share plime.comBut 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 |
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Darren is a goat. Who waves. Video in the comments. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
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 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
The goat was arrested, the Mercedes-Benz was assaulted and the dog came along for the ride. picked by arsphidius 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
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 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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 11 comments edit related share plime.com |
"It entered a camp and took a goat among 200 sleeping kids" 2 comments edit related share plime.comThis happened up in the mountains where I live... thought I would share. picked by Hoosker 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 1 comments edit related share science |
A woman really got the goat of auto repairman James Prusci. She went to Tires Plus, wanting a belt replaced on her Chevy Malibu. While he was doing paperwork, she said she had a goat in her trunk. "A what?" he asked. She told him she planned to butcher it. picked by suebe 3 months ago 7 comments edit related share weird |
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 2 comments edit related share world |
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 3 comments edit related share entertainment |
Strange looking goat born with a bulldog's face (or maybe it's just a really ugly goat). picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share weird |
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 5 comments edit related share world |
A stupid goat continues to lick an electric fence. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago 11 comments edit related share plime.com |
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 3 comments edit related share technology |
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 1 comments edit related share world |