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Incredible Tree-Climbing Goats [PICS]

webecoist.com — Before you jump to conclusions: no, these were not created by a bored geek in Photoshop. These uncanny animals really do climb Argan trees of Morocco in search of food. Just don't stand beneath one!

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 20, 2008

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133 Comments

djixl, on 08/20/2008, -6/+86you goat to be kidding me.
norle, on 08/19/2008, -6/+65Last time I saw this, my dinosaur fell out of a tree...
franklymister, on 08/20/2008, -4/+29Here are over 30 previous Digg stories about the goats in a tree. It's not only been on the front page repeatedly, it's even been featured on Diggnation.

http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Goats_in_trees
http://digg.com/people/Goat_Tree
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Goats_in_Trees_2
http://digg.com/comedy/Video_of_Goats_Climbing_Tre ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/7_Incredible_Natural_Phe ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Picture_of_the_Month_Goa ...
http://digg.com/comedy/PSA_be_careful_next_time_yo ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Goat_Tree_PICS
http://digg.com/educational/FOLLOWUP_Video_about_t ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/PICTURE_Weird_Tree_Goats
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Why_Goats_climb_trees
http://digg.com/general_sciences/Amazing_pictures_ ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Bovine_Freedom
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/The_Goat_Tree_English_ve ...
http://digg.com/general_sciences/Goats_able_to_cli ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Tree_Goat_T_SHIRTS_Now_a ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Tree_Goats_Phenomenon_Vi ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Tree_Goats_Fact_or_Ficti ...
http://digg.com/environment/blooming_tree_with_goa ...
http://digg.com/pets_animals/Goat_tree_2
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Time_To_Buy_A_Tree
http://digg.com/pets_animals/Goats_in_a_Tree_2
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/PICTURES_of_a_Bizarre_Ph ...
http://digg.com/travel_places/Tree_Goats
http://digg.com/pets_animals/Using_Goats_as_Christ ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Amazing_Flying_Goats
http://digg.com/arts_culture/Goats_in_a_tree
http://digg.com/pets_animals/More_then_16_goats_on ...
http://digg.com/pets_animals/Truth_Goats_On_The_Tr ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Do_goats_grow_on_trees_d ...
http://digg.com/pets_animals/16_goats_in_a_tree
csw3190, on 08/20/2008, -8/+30How many times has this been on digg?
zelig, on 08/20/2008, -5/+24Never gets old, even after the 13th post.

This week.
hoodmonkey, on 08/19/2008, -9/+28AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I'm stuck in a tree!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
orangefly, on 08/20/2008, -3/+20that was a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad pun....
BorsKaegel, on 08/20/2008, -2/+19Wow.. Marlon Brando has made it to Digg.
ZackScott, on 08/20/2008, -12/+26I won't lie. I've had a cat that climbed trees before, and he had a hard time getting down. But he was sure able to shoot right up them. He actually got diabetes and was on some medication for a few years, and he eventually died. I think he was 18 years old (in human years). I really have no idea how many cat years that is.

You know, it is neat that goats can climb trees, but I would really like to see a video. Maybe you can slow it down and compare how its muscles move compared to a feline's muscles. Goats do not have claws like cats have. I imagine it would be difficult for even the strongest of goats to do, but possible.

I'm reminded of the story of the goat and cat that were friends. The cat would eat the tuna out of the can, and the goat would eat the can. It was like a relationship from the Netherlands.
Sonan, on 08/20/2008, -4/+17I read "Before you jump to conclusions..." and thought maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't be the same old images again. I was wrong.
DeskFlyer, on 08/20/2008, -0/+12http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woobL2yAxD4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0S5zS8jSE4
dusteey23, on 08/20/2008, -2/+13***** ninja goats
snafflepaffle, on 08/20/2008, -5/+14How many goats were in that freakin' tree?
DutchGuilder, on 08/20/2008, -1/+10Somebody goaded them into it.
franklymister, on 08/20/2008, -3/+10At least four times that I can personally recall.

The Digg duplicate search isn't very accurate.
HuskyPuzzle, on 08/20/2008, -2/+9Resilient little *****, aren't they.
Gartland32, on 08/20/2008, -10/+17http://digg.com/pets_animals/Using_Goats_as_Christ ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/PICTURES_of_a_Bizarre_Ph ...
inactive, on 08/20/2008, -1/+7Why do I have the strange feeling that I've been Bel-Air'd?
kfconme, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Sonan, on 08/20/2008, -2/+7I clicked "reply" and then just typed it. It was easy!
mrbungle1975, on 08/20/2008, -5/+10OLD
scrptkid, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5I don't goat it...
simoncallesen, on 08/20/2008, -5/+10Welcome... To the internet...
protogenxl, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5City Gent: But where did they get the idea from?

Rustic: From Harold. He's that sheep there over under the elm. He's that most dangerous of animals, a clever sheep. He's the ring-leader. He has realized that a sheep's life consists of standing around for a few months and then being eaten. And that's a depressing prospect for an ambitious sheep. He's patently hit on the idea of escape.

City Gent: Well why don't you just get rid of Harold?

Rustic: Because of the enormous commercial possibilities should he succeed.
fquednau, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5Woa...
I knew media in general is highly repetitive (some would say, loopy) but that beats it.

Must be a human thing. To be honest, it was the first time I saw the story. I'm no digg power user but still...

An interesting question is then: How often must a story be duplicated to ensure every digg user has seen it?
JavertHolmes, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5I wanted to see footage of goats climbing up as well. Sure enough, YouTube answered my wishes.

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

00:24
Vodd9, on 08/20/2008, -1/+5I was going to call fake, then I saw the video.
mickstephenson, on 08/20/2008, -1/+5BEST COMMENT EVAR!!!11
inactive, on 08/20/2008, -1/+5Imagine coming across this while stoned...
m0n0kr0m3, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4Don't even do it WHILE they're eating.
fquednau, on 08/20/2008, -1/+5goat damn it!
suxmonkey, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4I ran a search .... there were two previous mentions, none nearly as in-depth as this one ... so ... what exactly is the problem? http://digg.com/search?section=all&s=goat+tree
Elusis1, on 08/20/2008, -1/+516! Its like the clown car of the animal world LOL
philadelphia, on 08/19/2008, -9/+12I wouldn't want to walk under one of those branches after they'd eaten.
jnichols, on 08/20/2008, -3/+6Wow Diggers really love to see goats in a tree....

http://digg.com/pets_animals/Using_Goats_as_Christ ... ..... 33 Days ago
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/PICTURES_of_a_Bizarre_Ph ... ....... 1 year 228 days ago
ghostTree, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3That's what I was thinking. It's obvious that this video is real, as nobody in their right mind would put a bunch of goats in a tree just to record a video of them jumping down from it ... but where is the footage of them climbing?

... maybe I'm wrong, and somebody DID put the goats in the tree. That, would be even weirder.
inactive, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3And I thought it was tough getting a cat out of a tree!!!
hotpuck6, on 08/21/2008, -0/+3yeah, getting down is the easy part, i wanted to see them climb up the tree.
ghostTree, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3so is the universe, get over it.
inactive, on 08/20/2008, -1/+4May Goat be with you.
davidrools, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3I was hoping to see a tree, climbing goats.
teethandeyes, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3How can anyone be sick of these amazing tree climbing goats?
eddyb123, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Understandably
joeolivas, on 08/20/2008, -1/+3I don't know, but the goats seem fairly credible to me.
wsuvtx, on 08/20/2008, -1/+3Who care if it has been on Digg before? Like every Linux article is not just a rehash of the last one with new version numbers>
Antz0rz, on 08/20/2008, -1/+3Don't forget to look in the trees.
ZeeZee2k, on 08/20/2008, -1/+3Yea, but we only saw how they got off the tree. How do we know some jerk didn't just put them up there.
Vodd9, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Come on man, you saw them, they were even jumping from branches to branches.
dn11, on 08/20/2008, -1/+3on that note, I bring you Rusty the narcoleptic dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVCYdrw-1o
Torsteinator, on 08/20/2008, -3/+5this is so ***** old....
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