Why Do Goat's Freeze? | ExperiMental | Curious?: Science and Engineering

[@CuriousScienceandEngineering]

Have you ever seen a goat freeze before?

[@carole-c6m]

Very interesting! I've NEVER heard of this before. Thanks for educating me on them. Poor wee babies. The first Scientist was most helpful by explaining this phenomenom ! Just a pity about his OBVIOUS Rug on his head!

[@CaspergerTheAwkwardGhost]

Haven’t seen it in person. Always wondered about it though… such an obvious answer that never occurred to me.

[@fayebrown9874]

I need to stop the video at 2:37 minutes and insert here, where he is talking about "survival of the fittest" with a herd of fast and slow deer as an example. Yes, the slow ones would likely be caught, BUT with knowledge of the behavior of predators, who have a strong drive to chase the prey (which is WHY, when facing a predator, people are told to NOT RUN), the fast ones might "catch the eye" of the predator and "kick on" that strong instinct to CHASE those who RUN. (Now, I will turn it back on to hear his theory.) After hearing the "Rest of the story," I will insert another reason for breeding the "fainting goats." Some people might be buying them JUST for the NOVELTY of having a goat that FAINTS.