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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
Self defense mechanism: become a lawn ornament... EXCELLENT!!
@Samar3n its funny af, all goats do it
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
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
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
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.
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
WOW he didn't even tell it to roll over! I want a pet like that!
Awwww so cute! Poor things! I would love to raise some of them on a farm one day :D
Goat Tazer
hello there 2011 comment.
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.
the video response, "Dream by Mark Miley" is GOOOOOD!!!
These little guys are hilarious and adorable. I want one!
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.
Lol it's kind of cute
LOL! I just sent this to a friend as a tutorial for their rolling techniques...
I love how they just turn into like a rock! I want a fainting goat!
Dammit AVGN, why have you forsaken me?
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 (:
and when the music stops... you can FREEZE!
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.
Aww that was so cute
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
at 0:20 he says still goats perfectly and then boom a goat rolls on its back. I Cracked up so bad!
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
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.
I have a fainting goat named Adrian. I love opening an umbrella in front of him. Falls right over.
That duck was funny
This is truly hilarious like it is just nonstop amusement
Imagine this happening to a mountain goat standing on a thin edge like they do
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.
You know what fucks me up? How is this a good defense mechanism?! They're like... offering themselves to potential predators hahahaha
If I had one, I'd put it on rollerskates, imagine that!
Pure evolution this one.
Hey... AVGN tell you search it on Google not TH-cam
Poor goats that won’t protect them when there’s a real threat.. :(
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.
at least they're easy to catch...
me: WHOA!!!
*entire herd faints*
*i pick up what i want and walk back*
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!
I nearly cried at those two cats. This made me cry in laughter.
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.
this makes predators go "WTF im not eatin that shit!"
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.
Lol,
"-_- it must be poisoned""maybe is a trap from the farmer"
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
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).
1. Would you not say they breed these goats to keep the Myotonia congenita trait?
2. I didn't say that it was artificial because they use it save the more expensive animals. I said the purpose of them fainting is.
3. I did quote from wiki to save time, but in the biology classes I have taken, they have explained the reasoning.
4. Wouldn't you say most of all domestic animals would be from selective breeding?
...Yes.
I just pissed myself laughing!!! LOL!
Forget cow-tipping! This looks way more fun!!
just saw contagion and seeing this kinda freaked me out at 1st...
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.
This is just too 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.
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
I watch this when i'm sad.
Love it!!!! Man that rigers right up & slam!!! lol
Stop, drop, and roll my friend, stop drop n' roll.
This video is my fav on TH-cam it makes my day every time click play !!! ;)
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.
It's 2:24 a.m.! Just learned something new.😌 10.10.21
they should make fainting elephants! LOL
@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.
Turtle's have shells, porcupines have quills, goats trip.
These would make excellent trestle tables.
We have fainting goats on our farm! Come see more videos on our channel!
It exists naturally in other species as well...usually in a recessive form though. In humans, the dominant and recessive form exists.
thats like a nightmare, being scared of somethings and not being able to run away. i feel sory for them
Not necessarily. Since these goats are domesticated and protected from predators by humans, those who have the "fainting" trait aren't in a position to be killed while immobilized.
ok i would love to have these guys
that is so added to my favs
and I always thought that only the strongest survive ...
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.
I want a heard of these goats. Just every morning, wake up, and run outside and yell BWAH!!! Then watch like 30 goats like bowling pin flop on the ground. Would keep me pretty entertained for year to come. Lol.
i saw this once i felt nervous and horrified because i didnt know it was a fainting goat....lol
No its not. Please do some research.
"Artificial selection (or selective breeding) describes intentional breeding for certain traits, or combination of traits. The term was utilized by Charles Darwin in contrast to natural selection, in which the differential reproduction of organisms with certain traits is attributed to improved survival or reproductive ability"
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.
Omg I need to show my dad this
R.I.P.
reliable defense mechanism, nobody wants to kill something thats already dead
"Fighting Gold" but the lyrics are "FAINTING GOOOOOOAT! JIBUN NI YO ICHI WOOOOOOO"
I burst out laughing at 0:18
STOP, DROP, and ROLL! he musta thought he was on fire.
Wow, so much for the theory of evolution.
My leg muscles "freeze up" sometimes its so annoying cause its at night and the pain wakes me up >->
Not at all. This was a random mutation that cropped up in an already domestic goat breed--one of the very basics for evolution is that genetic reshuffling sometimes causes random mutations. Yes, a mutation this detrimental would be fatal in a wild animal, but some enterprising farmer realized that they make wonderful decoys for predators of sheep herds. Artificial selection favored this trait entirely because they're so easy for predators to catch.
Goddamnit. Made me lol in the middle of the night.
I thought that was a bunny. XD
now we just need to see it taking a dust bath.
STAR FISH!!! lol
@miamiwadecounty§ Actually, that's why they were bred. You keep one with your sheep, if a wolf comes the sheep run away, the goat keels over, the wolf takes the goat, the goat takes one for the team (terminally), and the flock escapes to safety.
Most adorable
LOLOLOLOL
was not expecting that
@JacCasper
*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*
*they all fall down at once*
bring me with you! XD
Because toenails are claws if we train them to be. Thus evolving, this is exactly as I called it, I looked it up they were breed this way so they wouldn't be able to run away
0:18 DO A BARELL ROLL!
Actually it's really ingenious. When they faint they appear dead to predators...and most animals won't eat something that's already dead.
Anybody here 2020
This is very strange!!!