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 Published: May 24, 07 Views: 6,297 Have you ever scared a goat and had it topple right over? If you answered ‘no’ then you’ve never met a Tennessee Fainting Goat. These are a special breed of goat that will drop into a dead faint when startled - they actually topple right over. This phenomenon is completely painless and it has been put to good use throughout history - shepherds would use the fainting goats as a decoy to protect their sheep. If wolves were detected the goats would faint and the shepherds would have time to get their sheep to safety, while the goats distracted the wolves.  A fainting goat is a breed of domestic goat whose external muscles freeze for roughly 10 seconds when the goat is startled. Though painless, this generally results in the animal collapsing on its side. The characteristic is caused by a hereditary genetic disorder called myotonia congenita. Older goats sometimes learn to lean against something to prevent their falling over, and often they continue to run about in an awkward, stiff-legged shuffle.
Fainting Goats have many other names, such as stiff-leg goats, Tennessee Meat Goats and Tennessee Goats.
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