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It's a bizarre and hilarious view: a icy goat away from a person who passes after her, only to spend once it moves a few feet. It is the famous fading goats, a phenomenon as unfortunately ridiculous as mysterious and who has won a lot of interest thanks to a number of viral videos (and fromMYTHBUSTER EPISODE) Capture these clogging creatures in action. Why are goats weak in this way? Is it a survival technique? Genetic? Are they just klutzes?

The first thing to know is that all goats do not intend these spells of periodic fainting. It is a condition of a specific breed called myotonic goat.

"He has several other colorful aliases, including the Tennessee fainting the goat, the stiff tab or the wooden paw," explains the expert Susan Schoenian, sheep and goats at the extension of the University of Maryland, who manages aNumber of agricultural programs Specifically for those who high sheep and goats.

The name of the condition that causes these spells is the congenita myotonia. But the fact is that when the goat collapses, does not vanish in the sense that we would appear traditionally. They do not lose consciousness, they temporarily lose the ability to move their legs.

"The condition causes muscle trends (delayed relaxation) on a surprise / excited," says Schoenian.

It is a combat or flight response goes wrong, with the precipitation of chemicals that usually inspire the legs of animals to run in the other direction instead of how to seize.

"It's a genetic disorder, probably the result of a genetic mutation," adds Schoenian. "It is an autosomal dominant line. As a result, Crossbreads will show the line, however to a lesser extent. Muscle myotone goats tend to display more rigidity."

These goats are usually smaller than the breeds of more standard goats and their goats are usually black and white. Like their nickname implies, they are likely to be found in Tennessee, as well as states throughout the South.

"It certainly worries us the first times, but you start understanding that it does not hurt them," the owner of fainting goat David Taneyhill,say itDaily mailWhen the video of his goats, Ricky and Lucy collapse, went viral. "They just get up and shake."

"There are myotone goats that are raised for meat and other" exploited "as pets or novelties," says Schoenian. They are generally not high for dairy.

But before thinking that this strange behavior is unique for these blaster creatures, Schoenian adds that congenita myotonia has been observed in other animals, including dogs, cats and horses and even humans.

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