DID YOU KNOW ....
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Abraham Lincoln's sons had two goats that lived in the white house with them.
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In earlier centuries, goats were often used to nurse babies.
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China has the most goats, at more than 170 Million. Also, more people around the
world drink goat milk than cow milk.
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According to Roman history, on February 15th, young men would run around
wearing only the skins of goats they sacrificed earlier and hit women with
strips of goat skin, known as februa, to promote fertility. It is from these
purification instruments that the month of February gets its name.
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Goat milk is naturally homogenized and digests very easily. The fat globules are
smaller and don’t clump in masses like cow milk. Goat milk is digested inless
than twenty minutes. Cow milk can take almost a day to be digested.
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The Pharaoh Cephranes thought so much of his goats that he had 2,234 buried with
him.
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Goats were the first animal to be domesticated, according to many historians.
Adapted from: The Whole Goat Catalog by Linda S. Campbell, 1981
These trivial tidbits were brought to you in honor of Goat Awareness Month by:
THE GOAT SOCIETY
http://www.emunix.emich.edu/~goats