Tree Goats, Morocco
June 24, 2013 by staff
Tree Goats, Morocco, We don’t have anything to say about this photo other than OMG THOSE GOATS ARE STANDING IN A TREE!
What are you doing in that tree, goats? You don’t belong there! Go back to your home on sheep island!
Photo courtesy of Steph Wells, who noticed the amazing occurrence while traveling in Morocco.
Before you jump to conclusions: no, these were not created by a bored geek in Photoshop. Amazingly, these uncanny animals are actually real: they climb the Argan trees of Morocco in search of food, which is otherwise sparse in the region. Over time they have become not only able to climb trees but downright adept at the art – the traipse across trees with a sure-footedness that is hard to imagine from a hoofed animal.
The droppings of the goats contain the kernels of the seeds they consume which are, strangely enough, used by locals to press and grind into oil. Even more disturbingly: this oil has a number of uses including culinary (yes, people eat it) and cosmetic (yes, they also smear it on themselves). You might want to skip over the versions of these products sold by local farmers for the somewhat cleaner mass-produced varieties. For a quarter-liter bottle of this goat-digested kernel-oil you can expect to pay from 15 to 50 dollars.
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