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There are many types of goats like Mountain goats, Kashmir Goatsو Rocky Mountain Goat
هناك أنواع عديدة من الماعز مثل ماعز الجبل و ماعز كشمير و ماعز روكي ماونتن
Male goats, like this Rocky Mountain goat, have beards, they also have horns. Male goats competing for territory jab each other with their sharp horns. Wild goats live in rough mountain areas. Climbing around on rocks is no problem for a wild goat, they can make flying leaps over wide gaps. They bound from one rock to another. Their feet are specially made for landing on the hard rocks. Each foot has a soft part that makes landing easy, their feet do what shock absorbers do for cars. Prehistoric people in the Middle East learned to tame goats about 9,000 years ago.
Goats eat all kinds of green plants. Wild goats eat the branches and leaves of tough mountain shrubs. Tame goats eat grass in pastures. Farmers also feed tame goat’s hay. Goats eat plants that cattle and other grazing animals won’t eat. Sometimes farmers put goats in pastures to clean out the tough plants. If the farmer is not careful, the goats will eat all the plants in the pasture, there will be nothing left but bare ground. Maybe that is how people got the idea that goats will eat anything.
Goats provide milk, cheese, meat, wool, and leather. Certain goats are raised mainly for their wool. Cashmere is a soft, light wool from the Kashmir goat. Mohair comes from the Angora goat. Some people keep goats as pets. The pygmy goat is most popular as a pet.
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