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Old 07/03/12, 03:52 PM
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Why do they lay in the sun?
The heat index is 103 right now. Why are the goats laying in the driveway in the sun?
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Old 07/03/12, 03:56 PM
 
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Minelson..if you get that figured out...I'd LOVE to know the answer...I can't figure it out either.

Hmmmm...maybe those white goats are trying to get a tan...
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Their skin is just solar chargers for chaos machines. They're recharging.
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Many breeds of goats originated in some very hot climates. My guess is that they like the warm.
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I think they make vitamin D from sun on their skin like we do.
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Old 07/03/12, 08:47 PM
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they are goats, therefore, they are crazy.

Pfft, I don't even have goats, and I know the answer to that one!
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Old 07/03/12, 09:20 PM
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I think that it also gets rid of external parasites. Like how chickens dust bathe and sun bath. Most mites and such can't take heat and sunlight.
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Old 07/03/12, 10:11 PM
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Around here, where it is decidedly not not not hot, they spend a lot of the morning laying in the shade and the afternoon in the sun.
It's just part of the mystery that is the goat....................
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They're just insane.
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if goats are insane then what does that say about the owners?
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Old 07/03/12, 11:19 PM
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if goats are insane then what does that say about the owners?
A frustrated desire to be an institutional psychiatric nurse?
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Old 07/04/12, 05:36 AM
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I can't figure it out either, while I'm hiding in the house in the AC. I saw mine out in the sun browsing the other day, it was so darned Hot & muggy & they have plenty of shaded areas but NO, they are hanging out in the sun! I think they are all crazy!
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My goat and llama have long figured out it is cooler in the barn. The grass gets a break when the weather is hot.
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