Baby Goats Are Great Kids!

The first animal to be tamed by humans over 9,000 years ago, Goats are still a fixture on farms to this day; with at least 300 different breeds, and over 500 million individuals specimens. Baby goats are born in litters of up to 6 and are known as “kids”; they will l grow up to be between 22 and 275 pounds (10 and 125 kilograms), living to be around 10 to 12 years old. An interesting characteristic of goats is how loyal to their mother they are; even after years of separation, a full grown goat will stay by its mother’s side if reintroduced to her. Goats are also known for their rectangular pupils, which are a contrast to the circular pupils most other animals have; it’s believed that this characteristic somehow gives them better night-vision. Goats are known to be a very curious and intelligent animal, and are thus sometimes hard to keep because of their habit of escaping enclosure. Contrary to popular belief, goats don’t actually eat tin cans (they got this stigma from being caught eating the paper labels off cans in order to get to the tasty glue) and are in fact very picky eaters. Also, goats are very good swimmers, and are known as good companion animals for horses. The goat has a strange and calming effect on the horse, and is thus great to have around race horse and other breeds that are sometimes jumpy and nervous.