r/interestingasfuck • u/Disastrous-You-6975 • 8h ago

Goat Trying To Become Meat

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u/deckeda 4h ago

First animal I’ve ever seen that actively and repeatedly ran into fire.

I reject the “wanting to escape into a cave” suggestion because I’m kinda thinking large flames would be a deal breaker.

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u/qwibbian 3h ago

There's too much crap here for me to wade through the comments, but I suspect the goat has parasites and is trying to smoke/ burn them off.

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u/Icy-Cod1405 1h ago

yep I've seen goats do this before.

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u/Upstairs_Mycologist7 1h ago

This is the right answer.

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u/poppop_n_theattic 10m ago

This has been the most logical explanation every other time I’ve seen that GIF posted.

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u/iIllIiIiIIillIIl 3h ago

I don't know why it's doing this, but the boy ain't right.

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u/red_ice994 2h ago

They do this to get rid of parasite in thier fur. They inhale it too and smoke the fumes to get rid of nasal parasite.

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u/Ramtakwitha2 2h ago

This.

Large goat can withstand the heat better than teeny fleas and ticks. Though I always wonder how they got that learned behavior in the first place.

I understand fires exist in the wild but I wouldn't expect them to be commonplace enough for them to learn that it works without baking themselves too long, and darwining themselves.

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u/theneZenMaster 1h ago

Slowly selected over time from past goats and their goat-like ancestors who noticed they felt better (less itchy n shit) if they stayed just close enough to forest fires/smoke, not that they knew it was to kill the parasites, but were smart enough to not get cooked. Now its a deeply engrained brain function to find heat/smoke if they feel itchy n shit. Is what I assume the purposed theory is.

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u/PsychologicalPanic8 2h ago

this parasite thing is an internet myth.

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u/F1T_13 1h ago

It's not a myth, it's a theory. It's plausible but not proven beyond doubt for goats specifically. It's a behaviour observed in other animals which is why the consensus falls on a similar conclusion.

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u/Ramtakwitha2 1h ago

Cool, than what is the reason goats do this then?

I'm more prone to believe something that has a logical reason even unverified over 'they just do that'.

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u/Gate-19 47m ago

Well that's an argument from ignorance fallacy

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u/Ramtakwitha2 24m ago

Maybe? But given zero information either way, simply shouting 'it's a myth' with no alternative explanation fails the burden of proof.

An explanation that makes sense such as parasites having a lower heat tolerance due to their small size is more valuable than just a simple no. An explanation of any kind has more worth than that.

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u/Gate-19 18m ago

Maybe? But given zero information either way, simply shouting 'it's a myth' with no alternative explanation fails the burden of proof.

Absolutely bit you are still committing a fallacy.

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u/TheRamblerX 1h ago

You should always listen to a random anonymous online user that shows no proof to back up their claim rather than use logical reasoning. To shame with you!

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u/Ramtakwitha2 1h ago edited 1h ago

I'd rather believe a person who bothers to make a claim with an explanation over someone who makes a claim and can't even bother to explain why. The logic makes sense, fleas and ticks have lower thermal mass and thus are influenced by the heat more than the goat.

It's the internet, hardly anyone backs things up with facts and logic. I take what I get. And i'd rather believe the claim that puts in more effort than the one that uses less.

That's why I take issue with a simple 'no that's not right'. I'm willing to believe you, but give more evidence than the original, and considering the evidence is nothing but a simple unverified statement, that matches my understanding of thermodynamics, that should be an easy task.

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u/TheRamblerX 1h ago

tl;dr but jusging by the length, I guess I should have added /s to the end.

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u/Ramtakwitha2 1h ago

Fair enough. I have a tendency to write essays.

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u/Dagordae 28m ago

So you’ll believe literally anything as long as it’s an explanation?

Clearly the goats suffer from a brain disorder which causes pyrophilia.

Or they seek to return to the infernal abyss which spawned them.

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u/Ramtakwitha2 8m ago

I am more prone to believe something that has an explanation that makes sense over no explanation at all.

The brain disorder? Yes that is a logical mechanical possibility as well. It follows my pre existing knowledge that particular medical conditions can be quite common among human domesticated animals. It stands to reason a mental disorder common among domestic goats could be the cause. It's unlikely, but possible.

I reject the return to the infernal abyss however. My personal life experiences reject the existence of a physical 'hell' for the goat to 'return' to. It is directly counter to my understanding of the world. Even then though I's still give it a slight bit more merit that a complete lack of explanation. But even a simple I don't know why beats it because not knowing why something is can still be logical.

These are just possible explanations

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u/Norman_Scum 1h ago

Goats have been domesticated for thousands of years. We really do underestimate our influence on the evolution of things around us.

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u/cosmicaltoaster 53m ago

What the fudge? Do they survive it? Where do they find fire regularly in the wild to have evolved to do this tom foolery?

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u/windsockglue 1h ago

I mean, I've seen a human do this. Same thing in that people even pulled him out and he ran right back in. And then died. 

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u/Low-Ad8741 1h ago

What? Sure

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u/windsockglue 41m ago

Burning man 2017. Had a perfect view because performers get to be even closer to the "man" fire.

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u/DeepCantaloupe5868 40m ago

I mean it happened at least one year at Burning Man. Some sad shit. Motherfucker said he didn’t wanna live no more.

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u/No_Aesthetic 18m ago

One of my friends was a witness to the Burning Man incident that they're probably talking about. Gnarly story.

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u/SuperpositionSavvy 1h ago

There is another video out there of a goat trying to drink an open flame, with a very burnt/scarred face. Goats have some weird fetish with fire, no wonder they are associated with the devil and underworld.

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u/mvhcmaniac 1h ago

My cat used to do this every winter. Here's a picture of him trying to climb over my brother to get in.

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u/Loko8765 1h ago

It’s a well-known behavior in horses; they are prone to running back into a burning stable. I believe it is generally thought to be a primitive instinct dating from their exposure to praire fires, where the only safe place is on the other side of the fire.

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u/zeekayz 1h ago

Or he gets sexually abused and decided to end it.

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u/Neoneq_ 35m ago

Goats put their skin near fire to kill parasites.

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u/Ornery-Customer8521 27m ago

That was super unusual behavior for an animal would be fascinating to know what caused it

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u/MasterCheeef 18m ago

Goats do this to prevent parasites by getting close to fire/smoke. But this goat decides go full send!

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u/BxRad_ 1h ago

I wonder if they threw it's kid in