goats

Some animals are jerks. We know this. Like this jerk peacock who always runs around scaring everyone, or this parrot who keeps messing with the poor dog. They choose to be jerks. Other animals can be a tad over-affectionate, not really giving you space to breath (in the best way). That's always a choice. 

But when you put pool noodles on an overly affectionate goat and that goat starts chasing its BFF, the skittish horse, well... you end up making the goat a bit of a jerk by accident. Pool noodles are sometimes placed on the horns of goats who are a bit aggressive, and they don't mind them, but these pool noodles weren't cut properly, and with the way this goat looks, we're not even slightly surprised that the horse had a little spook that day. 

They're best friends though, and the other posts made by tumblruser ahedderickgive a little extra wholesomeness after this tumblr thread of livestock drama. 

Goats are just the cutest thing! My personal favorite? The pygmy goat - duh! They're known for being super friendly and don't need to be constantly tended to by humans because they're so busy making friends with other goats. If you want to be companions with a goat, the pygmy is your guy. Reddit obvi has a pygmy goat subreddit, which is the best way to hang out with these critters virtually. Scroll down for the best of the thread this week. 

Some animals may be masters at playing hide and seek, but not these ones. Nope. These cuties, fierce as they may be, truly suck at the art of stealth. They're trying their best though, and we love them for it. 

Even the cats, animals who, in nature, are some of the stealthiest, most gasp-inducing creatures of all, have really failed in these pics. Then again, they may think they're fierce, but we know that our tiny widdle kitty babies are the clumsiest, funniest, most adorable animals of all, so of course they suck at hiding. 

All of these animals are the best at making a smile find its way onto your face, so enjoy these silly but adorable animals and have an amazing weekend!

Though scaredy-cat is a truly appropriate term for real cats since we know cats are scared of basically everything - from random noises to unexpected cucumbers - when push comes to shove, cats are some of the most fearless, unbothered animals that exist. You shouldn't be offended, it's not just you poking them that they're aloof to, that trait of indifference applies to everyone. 

To prove that once and for all, we have compiled a list of some of our favorite cats standing up to other animals that you would probably not expect them to. An owl? Not a problem. A huge bear? Child's play. A king cobra? Pssh, not in this cat's household.

Although… with all this said, personally, we do not recommend counting on your cat to save you from a burglar.

Mountain goats, or cliff-climbing goats, are actually not real goats! They are part of the antelope family.

Goat-antelopes.

They have mastered the art of climbing near-vertical slopes all in order to protect themselves from both animal and human predators. 

They are said to be an animal of high intelligence and quite alien-y..., due to their out-of-this-world defying gravity skills. 

Well, this is something you don't see every day…

While twitter user, Zach Roelands, was at the store on Tuesday evening, he saw the goats breaking through the fence and touring local streets, in San Jose, California. The peckish visitors weren't afraid to sample a few lush gardens as they passed through. 

Nueske Farm in Wisconsin is a small local farm who is not used to too much buzz or news coverage.

But April 5th was a very special day on the farm as one of its goats gave birth to a two-headed baby: "Had our first two-headed baby boy today! He needed some help coming out after his brother that was perfectly normal," the farm wrote on Facebook at the time. "The mom is doing good, we brought him home to give him some extra attention and care. Hope he lives!"

The adorable Janus, named after the two-faced Roman god of beginnings and transitions, became an online sensation ever since and captured the hearts of hundreds of people who check in on him every day on the farm's Facebook page.

"I've heard of two-headed cows, and lizards, but not a goat," the farm owner told Fox 11 News. "There are four eyes, and two mouths, but they weren't sure if the middle eyes worked. But they were positive about the outside eyes working. Aside from some physical therapy sessions to help Janus learn how to walk and hold his two heads up, he's a healthy baby goat. He's a normal goat. We just have to help him. We try to help him as much as we can, and give him a break when he gets tired," she said. "Hopefully he can walk in a month. That would be good. I think that would be our goal."

With all the buzz, the farm even created a T-shirt featuring a photo of Janus and the words "Dare to be different."

We're totally in love! 

Manchester Evening News' @AndrewStuart saw a herd of goats overrunning the township of Llandudno in the north of Wales.  

He was worried that he had gotten the goats arrested after spotting them having a midnight feast from a pub window  

Little did Andrew know, that night was just the beginning for these wild goats. 

With over 13,000 retweets and 43,000 likes over the span of a few days, Twitter is having a mini-meltdown due to this mind-boggling optical illusion of a photo, posted by Twitter user @dancingfool75.

What do you see when first seeing the pic? Many users claimed to see some sort of evil horse-pig hybrid monster. Others saw a deformed or possessed goat.

We're not going to lie, took us awhile to figure out what it was we were staring at. 

Thankfully, someone shared the answer with users. 

Dragging a Christmas tree to the curb can be a sad moment, marking the end of another holiday season. What if disposing of your tree could be a joyful moment instead? 

Story via: WFTS

Who you gonna call? GOATS BUSTERS!!!

A little reminder that last year, a more simpler time, there were more than 100 goats that broke loose and invaded the neighborhood Boise, Idaho. 

Ahh, memories. Let's take a trip down memory lane, shall we? 

According to a recent study, goats are more intelligent than people previously thought. Goats have the ability to understand human expressions. They can tell the difference between unhappy faces and smiling ones and are attracted to the latter. 

Pretty wild, huh? 

How was the study conducted, you might ask. Researchers went to a goat sanctuary, and they showed goats a pair of photos — one with a happy face and the other with an angry expression. They were surprised to find that ALL the goats were drawn to the happy face. 

Honestly, the fact that Goats like you more when you're happy sounds like a good enough reason to smile.