# Holy crap, check out these goats chilling on the side of a dam **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280 "2010-10-15T18:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/1 "2010-10-15T18:58:10Z")
[http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/gutsy-goats-caught-scaling-super-steep-dam.php](http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/gutsy-goats-caught-scaling-super-steep-dam.php) Mother Nature constantly finds new ways to astound. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/2 "2010-10-15T19:17:05Z")
\*\*\*\*\*\*\* goats, how do they work? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/3 "2010-10-15T19:21:31Z")
Those aren’t goats, they’re refrigerator magnets. I gotta say that’s one beautiful dam. I love how the surface is stonework instead of plain ol’ concrete. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/4 "2010-10-15T19:29:41Z")
Just last month we had [these](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/09/03/two-goats-rescued-from-railroad-bridge) two on a RR bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/5 "2010-10-15T20:29:22Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > \*\*\*\*\*\*\* goats, how do they work? > > 😃 I lol’d. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/6 "2010-10-15T22:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > In the photos, the animals appear to be licking the stones for the salt and other minerals, though some folks have suggested the goats are simply practicing their climbing skills on the 160 foot stone wall. They’re not picking up salt and minerals. They’re removing the mortar. REVENGE OF THE GOATS! That is a seriously cool photo. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/7 "2010-10-18T09:23:54Z")
Brief story, photos, and video [here.](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glanceview/128271/goats-climb-near-vertical-dam-wall.glance) Do you reckon they herd what happened to **Hal Briston** ’s sheep or is it the Mod Initiation Ceremony they’re avoiding? ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/8 "2010-10-18T11:32:49Z")
[Release the giant eagles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezcXgbfh4xk). ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/9 "2010-10-18T11:36:17Z")
[Scooped!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=581981) Definitely cool though. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/10 "2010-10-18T12:02:49Z")
Merged duplicate threads. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/11 "2010-10-18T12:08:09Z")
Anyone else get this as an email claiming that these are [bighorns on a dam in Wyoming?](http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/buffalobill.asp) I agree, it is a cool picture and you must admire the balance of the animals. But why did someone bother to take the time to lie about the location of the photo? Was it just too much to think that something this cool couldn’t be in the US? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/12 "2010-10-18T12:25:00Z")
I’ve had enough of these motherfucking sheep on this motherfucking dam. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/13 "2010-10-18T16:48:20Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > [Release the giant eagles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezcXgbfh4xk). :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/14 "2010-10-18T19:31:47Z")
Dam(n) goats! ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/15 "2010-10-19T00:03:18Z")
They’re obviously alien goats with advanced anti-gravity technology. ---
**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/16 "2010-10-19T00:30:31Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > :eek: If you really wanna :eek:, then you should watch these friggin’ [whales playing catch with a sea lion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0qMT2YBIcg). I laughed so hard, just because it’s such an odd sight. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/17 "2010-10-19T00:39:09Z")
My coworker hates killer whales with a passion because of that video. So much so that he refused the gift of an Vancouver Olympic Pin because it had an orca on it. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/18 "2010-10-19T02:27:23Z")
I wonder how they turn around in that wall, or they just back up all the way to where they started? > [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > [Release the giant eagles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezcXgbfh4xk). _Crosses alpinism off the activities list._ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/19 "2010-10-19T02:30:08Z")
[Goat that killed hiker labeled as “aggressive”](http://www.huliq.com/10304/goat-killed-hiker-labeled-%E2%80%9Caggressive%E2%80%9D) Willikers! Ya _think?_ . ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280/20 "2010-10-19T04:43:51Z")
_Spidergoat, Spidergoat Does whatever a spider can Climbs a dam, any size Hikes up trails and defiles Lookout!, here comes the Spidergoat!_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-these-goats-chilling-on-the-side-of-a-dam/557280.md?page=2)