### animal | vertebrate | mammal | ungulate:

Goat
* All goats are ruminants with a four compartment stomach
  - susceptible to cold, particularly in wet windy conditions
  - grow cashmere, except the Angora goat, which grows mohair
* Many goats possess a beard.
* Most goats are descended from goats
  - wild goats
  - horned, and horns vary from large and twisted to small and simple
* Most goats are located on farms
  - seasonal breeders, and their season is initiated by decreasing daylight
  - carry genes
* Most goats chew grass
  - plants
* Most goats consume food
  - cross meadows
  - descend from goats
* Most goats destroy environments
* Most goats develop front legs
  - lungs
  - drink water
* Most goats eat anything
  - fruit
  - hay
  - juniper
  - lawns
  - meals
  - trash
  - weeds
  - feed corn
* Most goats feed in fields
  - on clover
  - follow mothers
  - give birth to goats
* Most goats graze in environments
  - groups
  - mountains
  - valleys
  - native pasture
  - grow legs
* Most goats has-part bones
  - eyes
  - noses
  - throats
* Most goats have beards
  - coats
  - lips
  - multiple births- more than one is the rule
  - nutrient requirements
  - sensitive lips
  - short legs
  - thick coats
* Most goats inhabit habitats
  - slopes
* Most goats live in areas
  - barns
  - same areas
  - terrains
* Most goats live on ground
  - hillsides
* Most goats make homes
  - manure
  - milk
  - move legs
  - occur at elevation
* Most goats occur in habitats
  - high altitude habitats
  - only have teeth
* Most goats possess genes
* Most goats prefer environments
  - produce milk
  - provide fur
  - reach ages
* Most goats require energy
  - feet
  - mates
  - minerals
  - vitamins
  - seek herbages
  - serve as animals
* Most goats survive in areas
  - weather
* Most goats thrive in environments
* Most goats use forest habitats
  - weigh pounds
* Some goats affect cattle
  - also have several different colors in their body
* Some goats are carriers and never show clinical signs of the illness
  - classified as feeders
  - easier to milk than others
* Some goats are located in villages
  - on roads
  - tall and skinny, and some goats are short and round
  - browse fodder trees
* Some goats carry bacteria
  - diseases
  - parasites
  - viruses
  - worms
  - compete with tortoises
* Some goats control growth
  - height growth
  - cross ravines
  - descend from markhors
* Some goats destroy habitats
* Some goats develop antibodies
  - bloody diarrhea
  - die in fields
* Some goats eat corn
  - herbs
  - iguanas
  - kudzu
  - land iguanas
  - roses
  - seedlings
  - thatchs
  - wheat
  - exhibit lungs
* Some goats feed in mountains
  - legumes
  - tropical legumes
* Some goats graze in districts
  - vegetation
  - perennial grass
* Some goats have coughs
  - dispersal tendencies
  - expectancy
  - fevers
  - infectious diseases
  - life expectancy
  - nuclei
  - ranges
  - specific weight ranges
  - warts
* Some goats live in ground
  - steppes
* Some goats live on cliffs
  - steep cliffs
* Some goats lose body weight
* Some goats make prey
  - proteins
* Some goats occupy different habitats
  - many different habitats
* Some goats occur in meadows
  - patches
  - play in fields
* Some goats possess antibodies
  - babies
  - families
  - sex
  - wool
  - prefer leaves
  - provide blood
  - require habitats
* Some goats seek environments
  - serve as food
  - swim across rivers
  - threaten habitats
* Some goats thrive in ecosystems
* Some goats use fire
  - snow
  - straw
* also consume less water and more feed under harsh conditions.
* also have a well developed ability to discriminate sweets
  - beards and males give off a strong odor in the mating season
  - help control weedy vegetation
  - produce milk that can be made into cheese, yogurt, soap and baby formula
  - protect native flora and fauna by munching exotic weeds
  - seem prone to getting their horns caught in fences
* appear to be much more resistant to copper toxicity than sheep.
* are a low environmental impact livestock
  - problem on many Caribbean islands, where they eat native plants
  - very active animal and they like to travel and go through fences
  - able to produce milk in much greater quantities than cows
  - active, inquisitive animals
* are also herd animals
  - related to sheep
  - susceptible to a variety of skin problems
  - an important aspect of people's livelihood
  - browsers in comparison to sheep, which are predominantly grazers
  - close herd animals, and internal parasites are a problem in most Southern herds
  - common in the hills of Israel
  - dry climate, sparse vegetation animals
  - easier to artificially breed than sheep, due to a less complicated cervix
* are easy and inexpensive to rear because they eat weeds and leaves around the village
  - to raise in hot and cold weather
  - famous for eating plants down to the roots, leaving nothing but dust in their wake
  - foragers and browsers
  - four legged animals
  - generalist herbivores that select the highest quality food available
  - generalists and live on a wide variety of vegetation
  - great pets
* are hardy and generally healthy animals
  - cliff dwellers, preferring an arid climate
  - herbivores that are curious about unique odors or new foods
  - herbivores, which means they eat only vegetation
* are herd animals and are very uncomfortable with being alone
  - really like company and they are quiet when they are happy
  - animals, so depend on the companionship of other goats
  - important as a source of income and non-chemical brush control
  - in the same category with deer and zebra
  - intelligent, inquisitive animals and tend to 'test' a fence more than sheep
* are just as susceptible to predators as other livestock
  - like humans when it comes to freezing water
  - known to stand on their hind legs to reach leaves and brush
  - less expensive to purchase and to keep
* are located in barns
  - on grass
  - male animals
  - mammals
  - mentioned many times in the Bible
  - more like dogs than dairy animals
* are more likely than cattle to vocalize in response to pain
  - to seek shelter in wet weather than sheep
  - scattered than sheep and tend to inhabit more broken terrain
* are more susceptible than sheep, and pigs are more susceptible than cattle and horses
  - to internal parasites than other types of livestock
  - naturally gregarious, and do well when there are two or more
  - notoriously difficult to contain with a fence and many escape from farms to become feral
* are one of the most challenging livestock to contain with fencing
  - oldest domesticated species
  - pack animals
  - part of tribes
  - practical animals
  - reputed to be willing to eat almost anything
  - ruminants just like dairy cows
* are ruminants, and like cattle, they have four stomach compartments
  - ruminants are pot-bellied animals
  - so hay is essential to their diets
  - seasonal breeders, just like sheep
  - selective eaters
  - sensitive to inclement weather
  - sensitive, intelligent animals
  - similar to sheep in most welfare and health matters
* are small for ungulates
  - non-predatory mammals
  - stout-bodied mammals with horns and cloven hooves
  - susceptible to parasites, both internal and external
  - symbolic of sexuality and sexual desires
* are the common and mostly raised domestic or farm animals
  - escape artists of the domesticated animal world
* are the oldest do- mesticated ruminants
  - domesticated animal in the world, except for dogs
  - tools of the wolf, which willingly and eagerly do wolf wickedness
  - traditional symbols of lust
  - ubiquitous
  - unable to eat flowers, lest they explode
  - unaffected by the plant, and they're big eaters
  - unique in their personality
* are usually more susceptible than sheep
  - quite docile and their usual gait, even when alarmed, deliberate pace
  - vegetarian
  - very selective feeders and choose some parts of a plant and leave the rest
* are very susceptible to mold toxins
  - tetanus
* are voracious consumers of poison oak and ivy
  - eaters and efficient brush clearers
* attempt to push under or walk through fences.
* browse on the tips of shrubs and weeds, much like deer.
* can and often do overgraze
  - be quite affectionate and often make great pets
  - die suddenly of acute liver fluke disease in the late summer
* can eat a wide variety of foods
  - different things like rye, clover, fescue, and orchardgrass
  - graze on pastures on hill slopes, which have a limited potential for crop production
* can live and thrive and produce goat meat on almost anything
  - on almost nothing because they forage for food
  - overeat and die
* can produce five to six litres of milk per day
  - stand cold temperatures if they are able to get away from drafts and wind
* can supply milk, meat, hides for clothing and be a work or pack animal if needed
  - the demand for milk for lactose intolerant individuals
* can survive and thrive just about anywhere
  - in difficult conditions
  - travel over a wide variety of terrain and can be trained to cross streams
* chew cuds
* come in many colors and combinations of colors, but solid colored goats are much preferred.
* commonly have subclinical infections but can transmit the disease to other species.
* consume amounts
  - less forage than beef cattle
  - shrubby vegetation, in addition to forage plants
* continue to be prized for their milk and the resulting fermented dairy products.
* deposit fat internally before they do externally.
* desire food.
  - their food by fermentation in the rumen that is populated with millions of bacteria
* do well in cold weather as long as they are healthy, dry, and draft free.
* eat a wide variety of plants and are especially fond of briars and brush
  - grass and hay
  - grass, herbs, tree leaves and other plant material
  - hay, grass, leaves of trees, branches, even kudzu
  - ivy, Mares eat oats
  - tree seedlings
  - weeds, brush and thorny shrubs that cattle avoid
* enjoy feeding in pastures, especially where there are different types of grasses and weeds.
* exhibit reaction.
* feed on clover
  - grasses, forbs, and browse
* fit into the environmental balance of nature.
* forage sites.
* frequently show signsof oestrus during pregnancy.
  - tops
* have a mobile upper lip, effective in nipping off plant parts very selectively
  - all four sets of permanent teeth usually by four years of age
  - an erect tail, sheep have hangy-down tails
  - backs
  - kids because they like to have sex
  - many similarities to sheep
  - more sensitive digestive systems
  - neither the layer of body fat nor lanolin- laden wool that sheep have
  - quick short tempers
  - strong digestive systems so they can digest paper easily
  - their throats slit in front of others, often with dull blades
  - very destructive grazing habits, as they can completely strip shrubs of bark and leaves
  - cell membranes
  - chests
  - faces
  - hoofs
  - piluses
  - sections
* learn methods
  - same methods
* life in mountains.
* like to climb and jump and require higher fences and gates in confinement areas
  - eat kudzu, and Mississippi is experiencing rapid growth in the goat meat industry
  - go under or through obstacles
  - sleep off the ground
* love human companionship and are environmentally friendly.
* lower heads.
* make good pets and show animals for smaller children
* metabolize and store copper much differently from sheep
  - dewormers differently than sheep or cattle
* milk more for flavor and because it contains less bacteria than cows milk.
* molt during a several week period in the spring
  - several-week period in spring
* naturally have horns with only the occasional goat being polled naturally hornless
  - live in rugged mountain or desert habitats
* need attention
  - care
  - supportive care
* obtain food.
* play a positive role in slowly changing the existing pasture composition.
* prefer browse over grass and grass to clover
  - brush and scrub over pasture
  - brush, tree leaves, and rough plants
* prefer to eat the leaves of brambles, hawthorn, and multiflora rose rather than graze pasture
  - young trees, bushes and vines, including kudzu
  - several products, depending upon the breed
* producing half a gallon of milk per day can raise two kids without supplemental feeding.
* provide an instant protein source for children, most of whom are undernourished
* receive diets.
* require a wide variety of different types of plant materials
  - additional hay, which is roughage, for their rumen to function properly
* requires far less space and food than cows.
* return to bedding grounds after a day of foraging in other habitats.
* roam fields
  - freely in villages and alongside roadways
* seem particularly sensitive to exposure to drastic changes in weather.
* seem to be more sensitive than other livestock species in terms of abortion in late lactation
  - susceptible to parasites in grazing situations
* select habitats
  - draft animals and as a source of meat and milk
* share environments.
* shed coats.
* show characteristics.
* swallow food
  - their food without chewing it much
* tend to be more prolific than sheep and generally give birth to more twins and triplets
  - have more internal parasites than dairy cows, especially in confined management
  - pasture land too poor to support cattle
* to drink water.
* typically have straight horns and sheep have rounded horns.
* used for meat production also benefit pasture and help to control many weeds.
* usually have the cattle strain
  - remain at or above timberline and within reach of rocky outcrops
* wipe out entire areas of vegetation that the iguanas depend on for food.