Facts about Goat

The Gobelins, which still exist today, was nationalized in the 1660s by Colbert for the express purpose of making furniture and other decorative items for Versailles, and other royal residences for use in Versailles.

The Capricorn sign in the Western zodiac is usually depicted as a goat with a fish's tail.

Each animal is associated with certain personality traits; those born in a year of the goat are predicted to be shy, introverted, creative, and perfectionist.

Several mythological hybrid creatures are part goat; including the Chimera which was part goat, part snake, and part lion.

The "Beanite," or independent, Quakers resemble an amalgam of Hicksite and Wilburite Quakerism.

A leader or king was sometimes compared to a male goat leading the flock (Day 2007).

Each of these goat species has several subspecies (Nowak 1983; IUCN 2007).

Saudi Arabia is the largest importer of goat meat (Miller 1998).

A male goat is called a buck or billy, and a female is called a doe or nanny.

The pentagram, a symbol used by both Satanism and Wicca, is said to be shaped like a goat's head.

Properly managed goat herds can serve a valuable purpose in controlling weeds and in reducing excess undergrowth in forested areas vulnerable to fires.

Goat skin is still used today to make gloves, boots, and other products that require a soft hide.

A goat is a member of the genus Capra of the bovid (Bovidae) family of even-toed ungulates, or hoofed mammals.

Some of the goat breeds bred for meat production are the Boer from South Africa, the Myotonic or Tennesse fainting goat from the United States, and the Kiko from New Zealand (OSU 1996).

Goat breeds bred as milk producers include the French-Alpine from France, the La Mancha from the United States, and the Oberhasli, Saanen, and Toggenburg from Switzerland (OSU 1996).

The tawny owl has been a common visitor to cities across the United Kingdom for about forty years, where it survives on a diet of pigeons and small birds.

The goat is one of the twelve-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

According to official documents Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 at Kapi?olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, which would make him the first President to have been born in Hawaii.

Fauns and satyrs are mythological creatures that are part goat and part human.

The common medieval depiction of the devil was that of a goat-like face with horns and a small beard (a goatee).

From this comes the word "scapegoat" (Moller 2007).

The entire body of the goat is covered with mohair and there are no guard hairs.

A goat was a considered a clean animal by Jewish dietary laws and was slaughtered for an honored guest.

Historically, goat hide has been used for water and wine bottles, in both traveling and transporting wine for sale.

Over time, goat keeping spread over most of Asia, Europe, and Africa.

According to official documents Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 at Kapi?olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, which would make him the first President to have been born in Hawaii.

The domestic goat is descended from the wild goat, Capra aegagrus, and is sometimes considered a subspecies, C. aegagrus hircus, and sometimes a distinct species, C. hircus.

Both fibers command a higher price than wool, compensating for the fact that there is less fiber per goat than there would be wool per sheep.

China and India have the largest goat populations, over 100 million each, with most of them being raised for meat (Miller 1998).