Lauren
Did you know goats could climb trees? Well, anyway, I didn’t but it turns out, goats climb trees very often in Morocco.
These Moroccan goats you see in the photos climb the Argan trees with incredible ease, in order to get to the delicious fruits that the locals use to make oil. I knew some things about goats, but the fact that they climb trees was not one of them. And before you start yelling “It’s photoshopped!” check out the video at the bottom.
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51 comments
July 16, 2008
holy cow, that’s amazing.
July 17, 2008
great~!!!!
Amazing~!!!!
July 17, 2008
funny goats confused tree with mountain
July 17, 2008
This video has been photoshopped !
July 17, 2008
Don’t you mean holy goat?
July 17, 2008
it’s videoshopped…
July 17, 2008
It’d be neat to see a video of the goats jumping into the tree.
July 17, 2008
Fake, they photoshopped out all of the tin cans from the tree.
July 18, 2008
It’s premiered!
July 20, 2008
dats weird
July 23, 2008
My thoughts are that they at one time were being persued by a predator and took to the tree up high for safety. So the trait continues. Its truely amazing and one of a kind.
July 25, 2008
It’s a rare Goat Tree.
July 26, 2008
Goat tree?
Isn’t that a type of beard?
…..I’m sorry
July 27, 2008
It’s true. They eat the “nuts” which grow on those trees. After the nuts have passed through their digestive system and are expelled, boys gather and sell them to people who process them and express an oil from them, which is used in cooking. The digestive system softens the out shell. That’s the truth, no kidding. We have a little bottle of it but have never tried it.
July 28, 2008
I saw this myself in 1973, after reading about it and not believing it either. There was no other vegetation anywhere else around, so I assumed the goats went into the tree to get what little green stuff existed. I didn’t know about the nuts.
July 29, 2008
If you were hungry you’d climb a tree in a heartbeat. Even dogs can climb trees
August 1, 2008
Goats do not climb trees!!! It is the sheperds who put the goats up in the tree. They do it because there is no grass in Marroco, then they can eat leaves from the trees.
August 4, 2008
Angel you really should check the internet before saying dumb shit. Google tree climbing goats and you’ll find video of them climbing the argan trees. A new idiot finds the internet every day!!!
August 4, 2008
Amazing! That’s so cool.
August 4, 2008
Saw this in Peru up in the Andes. But not quite as many as these Moroccans… Thinking about it now I suppose it was the same reason - not much grass around so they thought they’d give the tree a go.
August 4, 2008
Nahhh guys, they weren’t climbing the trees, that’s where goats come from. They are credited as being the only animal in the world that spawns from plant life. It’s true, look it up. They don’t mate and give birth to babies, like all other animals in the world. No joke. I thought everyone already knew this though, the goats featured in the video were ripe, so they fell, hence the saying “The goat doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
August 8, 2008
Here’s proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEunKWRV8G0
August 17, 2008
Ive seen them recently was in Morocco 2 moths ago and saw the goats climbing trees near Agadir.
August 18, 2008
finally the truth comes out!
August 18, 2008
VIDEOSHOPPED!
August 20, 2008
Jesse is made of so much win (s)he probably shits goats. That’s a lot of win, too.
Also, this comment box is horrible. Next time implement a way for the user’s message to not disappear if they click elsewhere then back in the box.,
August 24, 2008
Dammit, there goes my escape plan when zombie goats roam the earth.
August 29, 2008
OBVIOUSLY PHOTOS———-oh, okay, wow.
August 30, 2008
holy cow
I would never think about something like this
what tree is that? a so thin branch should break under the weight of a goat!
September 4, 2008
OMG!!! That was something unpredictable……..are you sure this is not photoshop work?
September 6, 2008
Weird!!!!
September 6, 2008
That’s very funny >_> silly goats
September 6, 2008
My father used to tell us all storys about the family goat that climbed trees. Everybody thought he was a bullshitter! Ooops sorry Dad
September 7, 2008
that is obviously shopped you idiots
September 8, 2008
Cool! Do you think a Goat Tree would grow in the midwest, or is it too humid here? Also, how difficult is it to rake up uncollected, over-ripe goats from your yard? (I don’t want to accidentally run over one with the lawn mower, might damage my blades)
September 8, 2008
I saw the video but still can’t believe it…they have hooves!!!!
They are ground dwellers that haven’t been told so
September 10, 2008
So am I to understand that watching a goat fall out of a tree should be that much more hilarious than watching a squirrel fall out of a tree?
September 12, 2008
wow
September 12, 2008
U are a nerd and gay this website is for people who have no friends
September 14, 2008
Evolution in process
September 21, 2008
Wow Cool !
Super Man
Nice Site
October 3, 2008
It is prety odd.
I took part in an expedition to Ghana in Africa this summer, and I spotted a goat up a shea nut tree. It was bizarre.
October 16, 2008
My sister thinks she is a goat. She falls from trees too.
October 16, 2008
actually she is a goat.
October 31, 2008
WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!
November 14, 2008
this is shit
December 30, 2008
Hi guys:
Ever been to Morocco? Next time you are there just ask a cab driver to take you to see these Argan trees (around July when the fruit falls). Goats do in fact like to climb these trees or why would they have the Argan woodlands guarded to keep them out. They love to eat the fruit. I do not suggest any humans to eat it. Tastes pretty bad I heard. The oil is good for the skin and I have seen skin care products on the market made from the oil.
February 7, 2009
[...] Some goats like to spend thier afternoon in a tree [...]
March 3, 2009
I’m from morocco and I come from the south of the country (Souss) where this is a common thing. This even more spectacular when you know that this tree (Argan tree) has stings on the branches ….
April 2, 2009
FUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 20, 2009
Goats don’t meow… WTF