Courtesy of Danielle Langloism, Wikipedia CCLWhite Man Crazy Goats
Here’s a new take on fainting goats. A couple of Kenyans were in Texas looking for some good meat when they came across a farm that raises fainters. Their reactions are priceless but it brings to mind a lesson. Goat producers need to be able to clearly explain myotonia so their potential customers aren’t afraid they’ll “catch” something.
Myotonia is not contagious, it’s a neurological condition carried in the animal’s DNA. It is not an illness that can be transmitted between animals or through eating meat from a fainting goat. It’s just an interesting quirk of the breed, like long hair in angoras and floppy ears in Nubians.
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I have been reading your stories for a while now and I think this one is the best yet. Thanks for such a good laugh