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Farm owners are often asked, "Are you kidding?" "Do Fainting goats really exist?" No kidding,
Fainting goats are real!...
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Farm owners are often asked, "Are you kidding?" "Do Fainting goats really exist?" No kidding,
Fainting goats are real! These goats are called by a variety of names: stiff-legged goats, scare
goats, nervous goats and Myotonic goats.
To understand their name, you should know their
characteristics and background.
Fainting goats originally came from Nova Scotia.
They were first recorded in history, from Marshall
County, TN, back in the 1880s.
A man named, Tinsley moved to the northern part of Marshall
County, Tennessee and brought with him four goats and a cow.
These goats showed nervous
tendencies.
When these goats became startled, their leg muscles would, temporarily, become rigid
causing them to lose their balance and fall over!
When myotonia, (stiffening of the muscles) sets in, some goats may not completely loose their
balance and fall over, but
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