Talk:Fainting goat
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[edit] duplicate video clip
is anyone aware that the video links in this article are virtually identical? one of them just has a longer intro than the other. i think the shorter one should just be deleted. but perhaps someone else has something to say about this.
I just typed up a paper on the myotonic goat and added the last paragraph of my paper here. I hope it helps. If anybody is more eloquent than I, feel free to change it. Just make sure you do not change any of the info I added.
Also someone shoudl redirect "myotonic goat" to this page since I have no clue how to do it.
Thanks a lot, -Ryan
- I've added the redirect, thanks for pointing that out. —Chowbok 15:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- I added some information specific to the breed as a livestock animal including some uses for this wonderfull breed of goat. I also added a link to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy since they list various breeds that are threatened and the Fainting goat is listed as such.
- Thank you Phidauex for adding the reference. I added a photo as well. --Redleg 14:03, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Nice photo! Cute goats. I'd love to get a few myself... Phidauex 15:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
That looks much better like that, I am glad you are looking over it :). I just started, I should probably look at the formatting of other documents and see what is standard before I jump in and make too much of a mess. --Redleg 16:05, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Urban legend?
Is this article true? Because the article seems to be based on the video, and it could easily be a joke.
Nope, it is absulutely true. Follow the links to faintinggoat.com and the the ALBC at http://www.albc-usa.org/. I raise these goats and they are really funny. As they age, they tend to faint less, but the younger ones do often. I like them because they are gentle and the demand for chevon is growing rapidly. If you look at the breeders section of faintinggoat.com, you can contact a breeder close to you and visit them in person - goat people in general love to show off their goats :) Redleg 02:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Flatulence when fainting?
I removed this sentence that was the second one in the article: "This causes the goat to emit a miasma that is smelly in nature." I couldn't verify that they emit gas when fainting, and miasma isn't the correct word. Spalding 13:34, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] fat_people.jpg
I saw that there were incorrectly written HTML tags for a picture at the beginning of this article so I edited the page and fixed the code and then decided to see what the picture was supposed to be. Needless to say it was some stupid vandalism and I removed it.
