No one should bring these kinds of goats into the Toyota Center. If they did, no security officers should take them out. The Cubs have the "Billy Goat Curse". The Rockets don't need to have the "Bobby Goat Curse".
If these goats are thriving I think we have evidence against Evolution. Somehow I can't see fainting as an advantage in natural selection.
It is quite elementary how fainting could be advantageous within Darwin's theory reagarding natural selection and "evolution". Since the fainting spells are brought on when the goat is startled, it is clear that the reaction is triggered by the ancient beast's instinctive fear of being killed and eaten like so much mutton. Thusly, it is clear that at even the slightest hint of danger the goats faint. The goats are playing dead, only they're not playing. As soon as they sense danger, they resemble just another rotting carcas to, say, a particular and well-fed wolf. Predators ignore the goat becasue they think it is dead. The reason that they all faint is that because all of the other goats from that area that didn't were eaten and eliminated long ago. I hope you enjoyed your fee lesson in Darwinian Theory, Grasshopper.
Kinda reminds me of my parents and in-laws. They all wake up at 4 a.m., so during the day, if they sit still for more than 5 minutes they fall asleep.
This is not evidence against evolution, but only illustrates that natural selection is no match for artifical selection by humans. Look at all the breeds of relatively useless domestic dogs that exist today. No way a (chihuahua/toy poodle/maltese/any other toy breed) could actually survive in the wild where natural selection exerts a greater influence. Same goes for these Sura goats.
I was saying that somewhat with my tongue in my cheek but I would be curious if this was a trait specifically or accidently bread into goats. I'm just curious when and how fainting goats were first domesticated.
appreciate the lesson but I don't think that's a problem since I'm one of the biggest defenders of Darwinism in the D & D and was being somewhat tongue in cheek. I would be curious though about how such a trait persisted. Fainting goats might stop some predators but not all and probably not wolves and coyotes which have been known to scavenge.
Considering that the goats only stiffen up for a couple seconds and then try to run again, I'm thinking this fainting didn't really fool too many predators.
I read that back when they would transport huge herds of goats they would have a few fainting goats in the herd. They would be the sacrifice for when the herd would be attacked by predators. The main herd would get away but the fainting goats would be the ones picked up by the predators.
