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- Goats that faint? Don't ever tell these guys to drop dead.
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Self defense mechanism: become a lawn ornament... EXCELLENT!!
@Samar3n its funny af, all goats do it
For those asking "what if this happened to humans?", it does. Approximately 1 in 40,000 of them. It's a rare neuromuscular disorder called Hyperekplexia (also known as startle syndrome). My son has it and it is not at all funny. It is also caused by a genetic mutation. Not sure what started it in the goats, but it fits the same description as what humans have.
I have the disease too! It's actually 1 in 1,000,00 which is what my doctor said and 1 in 10,000 in Finland
Gosh, never heard of it, must be so debilitating as you can't go anywhere alone, drive, use machinery! Really sad!
Lol..... I’m sorry but I had to laugh
Ooo thts sad. May he get better soon.
Indeed
its 5 am...and im watching videos of goats faint.
+. I am getting there, its 3
+. omg i'm watching it at 6am!
Gosh watching this at 5am too. This is creepy now
me too, it's 3.53 am and im watching fainting goats...wtf
2 for me
The Brazilian football team took notes watching this.
You're talking about Neymar, right?
@@galegopaulista4564 Could be. I don't really remember the intent behind a joke I made 2 years ago XD
@@galegopaulista4564 Probably referencing the 7-1
Imagine them in the wild,
"Holy shit, here comes a cougar, RUN !"
"..........Shit !"
i think they made that on purpose to save the sheep.
oh my, this is the longest reply ever, 10 years.
@@2061526 Been waiting here the entire time for a reply 😂
@@Ymam_ long live Ymam
@@2061526 long shall he live indeed. see you in 2030
@@Ymam_ maybe the cougar will think it's funny and laugh itself to deatj
its 4 in the morning, i need to sleep
Is that suppose to be a defense mechanism? Because I don't think that's a good way to defend themselves...
human selectively breed them to have that condition to protect other livestocks on the farm
@@thienanghuu682 That is just so cruel. Imagine an agile animal like goats being bred specifically to be easy goals for predators.
What the fuck?. 0_0
These Goats prove themselves to be an easy prey.
Don't faint in front of a tiger!.
Morph Verse we don't have tigers in North America.
These little guys are hilarious and adorable. I want one!
Goat Tazer
hello there 2011 comment.
WOW he didn't even tell it to roll over! I want a pet like that!
Some of the mutations are recessive and some are dominant. The mutations don't usually die out because the recessive mutations are just that, recessive, and so can travel from generation to generation without being noticed until it meets up with another recessive mutation.
Even the dominant mutations don't usually die out because of partial penetrance, meaning some people just aren't severely affected by it.
Awwww so cute! Poor things! I would love to raise some of them on a farm one day :D
the video response, "Dream by Mark Miley" is GOOOOOD!!!
this is why they say stupid people are like goats, like what kind of dumb mechanism is this? these things are lucky they're used for meat, because in the wild they'd be a predators dream
It’s a genetic condition, they aren’t necessarily stupid. Fortunately, these goats are only in captivity.
Dammit AVGN, why have you forsaken me?
major evolutionary flaw... did we cause this during domestication. i assume they would have been extinct long before domestication if this is not caused by us.
Yeah, not all goats have this though.
People didnor domesticated dodo birds and now they are extinct and if humans didnt use tigers as a pet they should be already extinct.
Plain Bison here in North America should already be extinct if humans didnt get involved in their low population
Guys, it's a defense mechanism, by 'fainting' and sticking their legs out, it looks not only like they are dead, but that they are bloated and not good to eat. It's actually pretty fucking smart.
I have this disease! Does that mean I was born with a defense mechanism? \_( )_/
Seriously? Those aren't even remotely the same. Do some fucking research.
+sallie sparrow haha yeah that's what I'm saying, it was sarcastic, but they can't help it. Sorry if I offended you somehow.
+sallie sparrow It's best you go do some research, because this has nothing to do with defense, but a genetic defect. And humans can have that genetic defect too.
+Calven Ferraro exactly thank you (:
Poor goats that won’t protect them when there’s a real threat.. :(
I love how they just turn into like a rock! I want a fainting goat!
Imagine this happening to a mountain goat standing on a thin edge like they do
Lol it's kind of cute
I have a fainting goat named Adrian. I love opening an umbrella in front of him. Falls right over.
stupidest evolutionary adaptation ever.
+uncleblunts5 its not an evolution
+Aeten then please enlighten me. exactly what it is?
it's a genetic condition, the guy says it in the video
+Amber Cunningham genetic condition attributed to a whole species? sounds like evolution to me
Not an evolutionary adaptation... Pay attention it is a genetic disorder as mentioned in the video.
My dog used to do something like that when he got cancer. I think it was a petit mal seizure. It was triggered by eating dog treats with spirulina greens in it and flashing lights.
Seems Darwin was wrong
actually farmers use these in their herds so the predators catch them and not the sheep or other more valuable prey items
VolCAVRON Luna that doesnt change anything op said
yes it does... he was implying these goats evolve naturally, their mere existence proving darwinian laws wrong (natural selection and such) BUT as I already said they were bred for this purpose, making them a product of artificial selection so... yeah, you can't possibly prove Darwin was wrong with goats nor with anything for that matter xD
i think he meant they wouldve been extinct hundreds if not thousands of years ago, according to darwin. surely they cant survive in the wild. only possible explanation would be if they developed that trait after humans started to breed them in farms, which still wouldnt make sense cause why would they need this trait..
im not saying darwin is wrong, im just stating what it is.
some harmful traits asleep for generations tend to emerge due to high rates of inbreeding and this trait is actually helpful to farmers as I already explained, put these goats on a sheep heard and if wild dogs come, these goats will faint, making them an easier (and less expensive) prey, thus, the farmer does not loose any sheep
and when the music stops... you can FREEZE!
ajhq got me here
Same XDDD playlist goats
Me to. I saw this on aj
I also got here using goats playlist! Copycat
+Gregory Burley Saaaaaame
I nearly cried at those two cats. This made me cry in laughter.
"Fighting Gold" but the lyrics are "FAINTING GOOOOOOAT! JIBUN NI YO ICHI WOOOOOOO"
In nature, such a mutation would never have survived more than a single generation, but because of the human species, goats with such a rare mutation can survive.
i spent part of my early childhood on a farm in Tennessee that had a flock of these goats. everyday after school, i'd get off the bus and jump the fence into the goat pasture, then promptly scare each and every goat I could find. there were enough of them that i could easily spend and hour running around scaring goats. as soon as i saw a goat recovering i'd run up and holler at till it fell over. one of my funnest, fondest memories of Tennessee!
LOL! I just sent this to a friend as a tutorial for their rolling techniques...
This video is my fav on UA-cam it makes my day every time click play !!! ;)
Only if they fall over particularly hard. The actually process of the muscles locking up is entirely painless.
The older goats learn to lean against walls or trees, so they don't experience any pain falling over.
...Yes.
Turtle's have shells, porcupines have quills, goats trip.
nah dudes this is a total fail, what if a bobcat comes up behind it? [goat faints] bobcat: sweet easy lunch. its an epic fail for the goats and an epic win for the bobcats
R.I.P.
thumbs up for the description
They were purposely bred this way. It probably started with a random genetic anomaly but people found that keeping an expendable goat around works out well for the rest of the herd; the fainting goat gets eaten by the predator and all the others escape unharmed.
reliable defense mechanism, nobody wants to kill something thats already dead
If I had one, I'd put it on rollerskates, imagine that!
It's 2:24 a.m.! Just learned something new.😌 10.10.21
Originally goat-herders kept 1 or 2 two these breed of goats in their normal herd so that if a predator tried to chase down them down, the fainting goat would "faint" and therefore become lunch and slow down the predator.
Sad but true.
That duck was funny
I saw an Arabian breed goat actually faint normally when scared without any muscle stiffness. I thought it was acting dead but it fainted twice when it’s owner tried to catch it.
Forget cow-tipping! This looks way more fun!!
the only reason they're not extinct is because most wolves were like "wait...that was almost TOO easy...." :D
i saw this on mythbusters.they said they had some thing that when they get scared their leg muscles tighten and they usualy fall down so when the "faint" they are still concious.
Wow, so much for the theory of evolution.
Most adorable
@peader111
I may be totally wrong, so no need to debate. I just observed them at a friend's farm yard. He was saying sheep follow each other into worst places, but that goats are more independent.
People use these as a sheep saver .. they have a fainting goat nearby so when a predator attacks the flock, it faints and the predator eats it whilst the sheep run away. Cruel. Apparently it is a lot easier to replace the goat than the flock.
at least they're easy to catch...
me: WHOA!!!
*entire herd faints*
*i pick up what i want and walk back*
This is truly hilarious like it is just nonstop amusement
that is so added to my favs
Some "predators" are also opportunistic scavengers and have no problem feeding off a carcass. I believe the reason these goats have survived natural selection is because they tend to live in a herd. All of the goats are capable of fainting, however that doesn't mean that all of them would faint at the same time if startled. The ones that do faint will fall to predators while the ones that don't faint can flee while the predator(s) preoccupied with the ones that fainted.
Aww that was so cute
how is this a defence mechanism?
From how i see it... its either:
1)
Wolf chases goat
Goat drops dead
Wolf: "Wait.... That was too easy... " *suspects something and walks away*
2)
wolf chases goat
Goat drops dead
Wolf ROLF... *goat gets up... having more time to run away*
i think im gonna show that to my brother, i always pick on him tellin him that he like goats. now he has something to like!
in some cases with that kind of goat is that when the goat get stuck in a corner or something they sometimes forget how to walk backwards because they lock up completley
at 0:20 he says still goats perfectly and then boom a goat rolls on its back. I Cracked up so bad!
i just remembered , my dad once caught a pidgin , and he did something to its head and it fainted , i was like ... ?? what ? then he did something again to its head and it flew away , cool dad huh>? :P
Actually it's really ingenious. When they faint they appear dead to predators...and most animals won't eat something that's already dead.
Do any of these live in the wild? If so, doesn't anything hunt them?
You'd think they'd be extinct due to them shitting their pants and "fainting" after seeing a predator coming to tear them up.
Love it!!!! Man that rigers right up & slam!!! lol
that is soooo adorable!
This puts a big point in favor of nurture over nature.
ok, how did I end up watching goats faint again?
This is very strange!!!
Noticed that some people are confused about how it helps the goat (or at least enough for it to survive this long).
Well, the truth is...it doesn't. Unless I'm mistaken, they were bred to do this in order to keep sheep (or more expensive animals) safe when predators like wolves attacked. The wolves come, the sheep flee while the fainting goats faint and get eaten by the wolves (or whatever predators there is).
Rabbits do this too, not lock up, but it's called "flopping"!
ok i would love to have these guys
This is actually interesting.
These would make excellent trestle tables.
Goats are my favorite farm animals. I want to have a farm with angoras for wool, and fainting goats because they're funny when they tip over.
just saw contagion and seeing this kinda freaked me out at 1st...
STOP, DROP, and ROLL! he musta thought he was on fire.
Perfect example to do when your on fire.
I agree wholeheartedly uncleblunts
I'm not entirely sure, but often farmers will put these goats out grazing with their more valuable livestock so that if a predator attacks the livestock, it will go for the less valuable goat rather than the livestock.
CLEAR!!!!!
It makes me wonder why this happens lol. They're naturally prey and they fall over when startled. Its like how bunnies always run into trouble. For instance when you drive down a dark road at night and a stupid rabbit is safe on the side but decides to bolt right under your wheel. Maybe its a food chain thing.
It's something that cropped up recently(in evolutionary terms) in a certain population, I don't remember this ever happening in goats while growing up in Guyana. It must be present in only certain populations.
I watch this when i'm sad.
ilovegoats! they have so much talent
The purpose of it is to look dead when predators come along or play dead as some call it which many species use to survive.
Stop, drop, and roll my friend, stop drop n' roll.
and I always thought that only the strongest survive ...
the first goat that drops is the best
People used to put those goat with their sheep so if a wolf tried to hunt them, the goat would fall over and the sheep could get away as he's being eaten.
It's like a lizard dropping its tail when scared.
@Hectorious2 Thank you for that. I didn't know anything about them until I came here.
thats like a nightmare, being scared of somethings and not being able to run away. i feel sory for them
this makes predators go "WTF im not eatin that shit!"
dude thats so disgusting and its really sick. I love you
as ADORABLE as it is, I keep imagining they are dying when it happens and are shot :(!!!
Omg I need to show my dad this
What a great defense mechanism.