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There are 450,000,000 goats in the world – that's twice the population of America!
This is one of the smallest in the world. She's called Lucy and she's a pygmy goat. |
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This is Daisy – a British saanen goat.
She's one of the largest in the world!
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They're the little and large of the goat world.
Lucy is only 40cm in height from the ground up to her shoulders. She's so small, she only reaches up to Stephen's knees! |
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Daisy is much bigger – in fact she's twice the size of Lucy, and six times heavier.
She reaches Gail's hips! |
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Goats will eat anything that they can get their mouth round – but Lucy only eats two handfuls of food per day… |
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…whereas Daisy can put away a whole bucket of food in a day! |
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Did you know that goats are the oldest domesticated animals in the world?
Humans have bred them for over 9,000 years.
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Traditionally, goats have been bred because they're great at producing milk.
In fact, it's estimated that every day there's more goat's milk drunk in the world than there is cow's! |
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Pygmy goats don't produce much milk at all.
In fact, the contents of this glass are about all that a typical pygmy goat could produce in a day – barely enough to cover your cornflakes! |
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But look at this bucket!
This is the amount of milk you can get from a British saanen every day! |
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In fact, in a competition with 210 other breeds, the British saanen won the title of the world's champion milk producing goat. |
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You may be wondering what the use of pygmy goats is, if they produce so little milk.
Well believe it or not, they actually make fantastic pets! |
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They'll love you just as much as a cat or dog, they only need a small space in the garden, and they double up as a rubbish bin! |
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