The Fainting Goat

The fainting goat is a breed of domestic goat that collapses every time it gets too excited or scared. It carries the hereditary genetic disorder called myotonia congenital which makes the legs rigid and stiff for about ten seconds when they collapse. Older goats learn to spread their legs or lean against something when startled, and often they continue to run about in an awkward, stiff-legged shuffle. Their size is between 43 to 64 centimeters tall, and weigh anywhere from 27 to 75 kilograms. The fainting goat is also named as stiff-leg, nervous, wooden-leg, and scared goat; it is said that it was brought to Tennessee in the early 1800s by a farmer from Nova Scotia. See the fainting goats collapsing at http://www.youtube.com/.