Fainting Goats

Myotonic goats are also called Wooden Leg goats, "stiff leg" or Tennessee fainting goats. These are one of the few goats that are indigenous to the U.S. There are two strains of this animal. Most of those found in Tennessee and the eastern U.S. are smaller. When the goat is being fed or becomes startled its muscules become stiff allowing the goat to fall on the ground in a fainting position.


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aYaanLe's picture
hahaa

fatbarstard's picture
This disorder is unlikly to be genetic but more to do with the food they eat- I have seen 100 sheep do this all at once -very funny. The thing in the grass is endophite and causes muscles to spasim.

Tweety's picture
lol This is funny Rockstar. I had no idea these type of goats existed! God i wish i could take some back to somalia, my grand dad would love them. These don't need a genius to herd them. Just scream WARRRR YAAAA KAA LE! and they fall down! imagine what the Reer Baadiyoo would do with a herd of these lovely goats? lol

MoOn_LiGhT's picture
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH THERE SOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!lolz

Rocky's picture
ha ha ha (im crying down here tweety lordy lordy) I kind of feel sorry for the poor animals. Imagine a bahal after them. They would have been goat stew. But this is funny walaalo. A reer badiyo would knod and say good for nothing "suuxlow" iska dhimo and walk away. Or one reer badiyo person would open a circus airing these funny goats.

Tweety's picture
lol Rockstar, u have no idea how am laughing right now! And my mum is asking me wat am laughing at also, and thats making me laugh more coz i have to show her the video! walahi this is jokes! Thank you RockStar for making my day....

Dore's picture
hahahahah nice1 Rockstar. Imagine Cigaal aproaching these goats. Would they be scared or him ? You all know Cigaal himself is a Coward but what about Coward vs Coward ?

Victamized's picture
hahahaha. Aabo is convinced that these goats are cursed or 'made out of cag" cus him being a geeljire, he says he's never encountered or never heard of such goats that act this way.

Tweety's picture
ha ha god i love this video, walahi am even thinking of sendin this link to my cousins in Mee coz they just got conected to BROADBAND 2.1 (lucky buggers!) They will definately get the funny side of it and book them selves next to the next flight to America to collect a few samples! lloooooll

Sweetgal's picture
looooooool & aaaaaaaaaw can u imagine.. ur whole day been spent on the floor

Hisham Khatri's picture
Assalam-u-Alaikum, Animals available at the meet include fainting goats, reptiles,sugar gliders and cockatiels. Kittens and puppies are also expected.

70cent's picture
fainting goats HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA next it will be flying goats

Rocky's picture
Victimized ha ha ha i know the feeling my mother thinks these poor little animals are drugged so they can be freak shows to tourists.

Minnie's picture
oiiii ppl dis isnt even funny...damn da world has gone DUMB! :P

mark's picture
Heh, quite funny. Poor things though - must be hard chatting up girl goats :-)

Goat Master's picture
Ha Ha, Really enjoyed fainting goats. but from an evolutionary point of view....not very sound. I've got a mate with narcolepsy. I'll send you all a vid soon.

nuura's picture
kkkkkkkkkkkkk really fanny

Xaawo Taako's picture
lmao Damn they doing experiment on Ali Uraaye

Xaawo Taako's picture
lmao Damn they doing experiment on Ali Uraaye

baby eyes's picture
ha ha

Get Yer Goat's picture
A distinctly American breed, the Myotonic goat originated in Tennessee. The defining genetic trait is a neuromuscular condition which developed naturally that causes them to stiffen and sometimes fall over when startled. These goats are called by various lay terms.... Tennessee fainting goats (a misnomer, because they do not lose consciousness, hence they don't faint), wood leg, stiff-leg, nervous, or scare goats. Myotonic goats have an obscure origin. Sometime during the 1870's a transient farm worker named John Tinsley showed up in Marshall County, Tennessee at the farm of Dr. H. H. Mayberry. No one knows where he came from; he had an undetermined accent and wore a cap similar to either a fez or beret. He was thought to have come from Nova Scotia, and along with him came three or four does and a buck of a unique strain. Tinsley suddenly left one day after selling the animals to Dr. Mayberry. This is the best documentation of the origin of the breed. Myotonic goats are a distinctly landrace breed, which means that they have adapted to fit the local conditions in which they live. They are definitely meat goats, being very muscular and self-sufficient. Sometime during the 1940's, a group of the larger Myotonic goats was imported from Tennessee to Texas. Boone Heep, of Austin, Texas, imported Myotonic goats to his property. Coincidentally, this property went through a series of owners after his death during which time the goats were moved off the place. Myotonia congenita is the medical term to describe stiffening; this simply means that the condition is inherited from prior generations. Myotonia was probably originally the result of a genetic mutation as the evolutionary process took place. However, myotonia is no longer considered a defect. Myotonia occurs in the muscle fiber... not as a function of the central nervous system.... and causes no problem for the goats. ;) Stiffening and sometimes falling over results when the rear legs and the back of the neck are affected by myotonia. Respiration, heart function, and other body functions are NOT affected. It is common to view goats shoving each other at the feed trough, stiffening, falling over, and continuing to eat as the body recovers from the myotonic episode! It does not hurt them in any way whatsoever. ;) I drew a cute "fainter" & use it as my logo at my Get Yer Goat™ goat lover's gift shop- http://www.cafepress.com/getyergoat They are an awesome goat!

immagrant's picture
loooool dat waz funny

Sami's picture
lol, I thought they were playing the game freeze. hmm.. I wonder what position they would I assume if they see a wolf or any other beast Aka The Dragon - BBQ Specialist