The Infamous Fainting Goats

The Fishing Geek · 01-13-2003, 01:41 PM

In the Steelhead Challenge Final Results thread, Miss B Haven made reference to "fainting goats". For those of you who are not familiar with this phenomenon, here's a couple of links for you:

The International Fainting Goat Association
Movie of a fainting goat in action (requires Quicktime).

Didn't want to clutter the thread, so here ya go ya LIG fans.

skein · 01-13-2003, 01:48 PM

Yahoo!!! I say we cross-breed 'em with our elk. I need this!

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When startled some will fall to the ground with their entire bodies perfectly stiff and rigid. Others will only stiffen in their limbs and not fall to the ground.

Uh..Geek, was this what happened to those steelhead when you looked over the side of the boat?

Skein

The Fishing Geek · 01-13-2003, 02:09 PM

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Originally posted by skein:
Yahoo!!! I say we cross-breed 'em with our elk. I need this!

<blockquote>quote:<hr />When startled some will fall to the ground with their entire bodies perfectly stiff and rigid. Others will only stiffen in their limbs and not fall to the ground.

Uh..Geek, was this what happened to those steelhead when you looked over the side of the boat?

Skein <hr /></blockquote>Pretty much, except for the part when the goats snapped out of it. The steelhead, sadly, weren't so lucky. :depressed: :tongue: :grin: