Photos of strange-looking goats

#1 posted by mjfgates , June 16, 2008 4:45 PM

I have been responsible for feeding goats in the past. I believe that this gives me at least a small base of knowledge in the field of goat aesthetics.

Those are some of the ugliest damn goats I've ever seen.

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#2 posted by buddy66 , June 16, 2008 4:47 PM

When I say prarie, think desert...

'Nights are long, oh, so long on the prarie
'gotta find me somebody to love...'

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#3 posted by gabrielm

, June 16, 2008 4:56 PM

What no wikipedia article on "Damascene goats"?!?
The internet has failed...

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#4 posted by Church

, June 16, 2008 5:04 PM

"Maybe I'm simply a poor judge of goat beauty. "

Are you a goat?

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#5 posted by doplgangr , June 16, 2008 5:08 PM

from original Chernobyl Island breeding stock... and damn, is the milk delicious!!!!

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#6 posted by mikerbaker , June 16, 2008 5:15 PM

#3 - Yes, I look ed it up too. Damascene goat, or Maaz Al Shami... nothing. I was fully expecting a Wikipedia entry that read "when goats are born in Damascene, they are immediately whacked in the face with a 2x4."

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#7 posted by Crunchbird , June 16, 2008 5:17 PM

Not only is there no Wikipedia article, but nearly every reference that comes up on a quick Google of either "damascene goat(s)" or "maaz al shami" (the alleged Arabic name for the species) is related to this exact same set of Reuters photos.

Can someone out there give us a correct spelling, or an actual species designation, or maybe an explanation of what sort of goat deformities we're looking at here? It looks like the ears are probably cropped into that shape, but there's still something deeply wrong about the fronts of their heads . . .

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#8 posted by emic , June 16, 2008 5:32 PM

i want one. does that make me a bad person?

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#9 posted by Basjohn , June 16, 2008 5:36 PM

G....Grandma?!?!

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#10 posted by sushispook , June 16, 2008 5:39 PM

..... brundlegoat?

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#11 posted by Robotech_Master

, June 16, 2008 6:57 PM

If I google "Damascus goat" I come up with some info pages that have pictures that are at least within spitting distance of the goats pictured here.

Still nothing in Wikipedia for that, though.

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#12 posted by Dingbatman , June 16, 2008 7:15 PM

bahhhhh

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#13 posted by David Carroll , June 16, 2008 7:17 PM

I don't know what Google you guys are using, but when I punch in "Damascene" (but not with goat) I get "resident of Damascus" and when I type "Damascus goat" it connects to the Shami goat. Like Damascus, Shami is a region of the middle east but it may also be the breed name you seek.

There is no Wikipedia article for Shami goat, but lots of scientific papers pop with titles like "Occurrence of congenital anomalies in Shami breed goats: 211 cases investigated in 19 herds".

You may now bask in the knowledge that the Internet is not broken after all.

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#14 posted by Takuan , June 16, 2008 7:24 PM

I...I feel a strange stirring in my loins......

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#15 posted by Takuan , June 16, 2008 7:27 PM

an old republican/arab (Houses of Bush and Saud) proverb:

"for heirs, a girl, for pleasure, a boy, for paradise, a goat"

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#16 posted by Torley , June 16, 2008 7:35 PM

Those goats aren't cute in the traditional sense, but they definitely made me sit up and take note!

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#17 posted by Glossolalia Black

, June 16, 2008 7:38 PM

Aww, they look sort of sweet.

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#18 posted by hassan-i-sabbah , June 16, 2008 7:40 PM

"For ecstasy a melon!!" betwixt boy and goat surely?

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#19 posted by jmigmac , June 16, 2008 7:40 PM

I can only image what their bleating sounds like. *shudder*

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#20 posted by Takuan , June 16, 2008 7:44 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCKxro6s7e8

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#21 posted by Antinous , June 16, 2008 7:59 PM

And how many people tried Arabic Wikipedia or Arabic Google...?

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#22 posted by noen , June 16, 2008 8:12 PM

What no wikipedia article on "Damascene goats"?!?

Now if only you could edit wikipedia and write your own articles. Naaaaaa....

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#23 posted by Kay the Complainer , June 16, 2008 8:28 PM

I'm no judge of goat beauty either, but I think those goats look fucked up...

...but maybe that's the point, I don't know.

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#24 posted by lemonmeringev2 , June 16, 2008 8:39 PM

"They're so ugly they could be a modern art masterpiece!"

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#25 posted by Doug Nelson

, June 16, 2008 8:48 PM

I started a wikipedia page for these goats, you guys can flesh it out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_goat

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#26 posted by Santa's Knee , June 16, 2008 9:01 PM

No one noted that this was from 'www.israelforum.com: ISRAEL WITHOUT IFS OR BUTS'?

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#27 posted by Noddy93 , June 16, 2008 9:16 PM

y nt-lbrls mk m sck!

jst lk hmns. t s nt th tsd wht mttrs... t s th nsd.

ths gts tst ffn GRT

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#28 posted by spyplain , June 16, 2008 9:51 PM

I once punched a goat, I believe that this gives me at least a small base of knowledge in the field of goat aesthetics.

Looks like someone punched that goat. Damn.

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#29 posted by mutairy , June 16, 2008 10:13 PM

I don't know whats the big deal
in the US they have "The Most Beautiful Pig" competitions all the time

and yes, that goat... one ugly spawn of satan

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#30 posted by Takuan , June 16, 2008 10:19 PM

a little respect for goats? hmmm? They give milk and meat,they thrive anywhere... we need them more than they need us

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#31 posted by saint_al , June 16, 2008 10:20 PM

Bah, they all look the same when you turn them upside down.

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#32 posted by Gainclone , June 16, 2008 10:45 PM

@10
BRUNDLEGOAT IS A FUNNY WORD.

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#33 posted by Takuan , June 16, 2008 10:54 PM

yes,yes it is, What is goat politics?

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#34 posted by skramble , June 16, 2008 11:11 PM

It looks like they might have trouble eating, because the mouth is DEFORMED.

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#35 posted by Jack

, June 16, 2008 11:11 PM

Wait, so the goats are not "happy mutants"?

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#36 posted by waterlovinguy , June 16, 2008 11:31 PM

This is directly tied to "The Men Who Stare at Goats" featured earlier on boing boing. And to think you doubted the powers of the adminstration's front line. http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/07/the-men-who-stare-at.html

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#37 posted by noen , June 16, 2008 11:46 PM

The referal page - Weekly Teinou –I Woman is a very strange place. The Long-Eyelash Flickr page is just one of many. Shopping is a Monster has some odd Japanese items.

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#38 posted by death74 , June 17, 2008 12:12 AM

This guy is like the "Brad Pitt" of goats.

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#39 posted by Bean Eater , June 17, 2008 12:59 AM

Jms: Dsgr wth Cry.

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#40 posted by Maria Guimil , June 17, 2008 5:11 AM

I always loved inexpressive goats eyes! they are really ironic:-)

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#41 posted by petre , June 17, 2008 6:02 AM

it's a boer/jamnapari goat.