बाख्रा रुखमा घास खादै ,संसारकै सबै भन्दा चलाख र मान्छे जस्तै बिबेकशील बाख्रा पत्याउनुहुन्छ?? यो भिडियो हेर्नुहोस।बाख्रा रुखमा घास खादै ,संसारकै सबै भन्दा चलाख र मान्छे जस्तै बिबेकशील बाख्रा पत्याउनुहुन्छ?? यो भिडियो हेर्नुहोस।
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. These goats are balancing themselves on thin tree branches.
A goat in a tree.
With their incredible sense of balance honed by evolution and mountains, goats scale trees without skipping a beat. (Photo: Cuno de Boer/flickr)
Goats are fascinating creatures. Unfortunately, they are too often overlooked, probably because they are not as iconic as other domesticated animals like horses and cows, and not as exotic as the creatures usually featured in nature documentaries (crocodiles! lions! scorpions! honey badgers!). Yet the humble goat can do very impressive things, like climb up mountains via sheer cliffs that would leave all but the most expert human climbers — with all their high tech equipment — calling out for their mamas:
A goat balances on a precarious rock
A goat balances on a precarious spot on a rock face. (Photo: SurprisePally/flickr)
A lesser-known talent of some goats is the ability to climb trees, even fairly tall ones, and stand on small branches that look like they can barely hold their weight. This is particularly common in Morocco, where food can be scarce and argan trees produce a fruit that is particularly appealing to goats.
Goats on and around an argan tree near Taroudannt, Morocco. (Photo: Dromedar61/Wikimedia Commons)
You might recognize the name of the argan tree from the current trend in cosmetics. Argan oil is quite popular these days in skin and hair care products, but this is nothing new. Indigenous Berber tribes in the region actually did something similar, though they didn’t get the argan oil out of a bottle that they bought in a store; goats would climb up argan trees and eat the fruits, swallowing whole the core which looks a bit like an almond.
This nut would pass through the goat's digestive system and end up in goat droppings, where it would be collected. To get at the oil inside, you would then have to crack it open with a stone, and grind the seeds inside. The resulting oil was then used for cooking and as a skin treatment.
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. These goats are balancing themselves on thin tree branches.
A goat in a tree.
With their incredible sense of balance honed by evolution and mountains, goats scale trees without skipping a beat. (Photo: Cuno de Boer/flickr)
Goats are fascinating creatures. Unfortunately, they are too often overlooked, probably because they are not as iconic as other domesticated animals like horses and cows, and not as exotic as the creatures usually featured in nature documentaries (crocodiles! lions! scorpions! honey badgers!). Yet the humble goat can do very impressive things, like climb up mountains via sheer cliffs that would leave all but the most expert human climbers — with all their high tech equipment — calling out for their mamas:
A goat balances on a precarious rock
A goat balances on a precarious spot on a rock face. (Photo: SurprisePally/flickr)
A lesser-known talent of some goats is the ability to climb trees, even fairly tall ones, and stand on small branches that look like they can barely hold their weight. This is particularly common in Morocco, where food can be scarce and argan trees produce a fruit that is particularly appealing to goats.
Goats on and around an argan tree near Taroudannt, Morocco. (Photo: Dromedar61/Wikimedia Commons)
You might recognize the name of the argan tree from the current trend in cosmetics. Argan oil is quite popular these days in skin and hair care products, but this is nothing new. Indigenous Berber tribes in the region actually did something similar, though they didn’t get the argan oil out of a bottle that they bought in a store; goats would climb up argan trees and eat the fruits, swallowing whole the core which looks a bit like an almond.
This nut would pass through the goat's digestive system and end up in goat droppings, where it would be collected. To get at the oil inside, you would then have to crack it open with a stone, and grind the seeds inside. The resulting oil was then used for cooking and as a skin treatment.
