Have you ever heard of a tree goat?

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36. Those tree goats are pretty unusual!

I've seen goats on top of a shed but not in a tree.

The hoof adaptation is the same sort of evolutionary thing - I guess - that has taken place with the "mountain goats" who are quite nimble on steep-sided outcroppings. We have them around here and they are amazing to watch, and very beautiful and magical looking... hard to get a good picture without a lens like a bazooka.

Special adaptations enable Mountain Goats to navigate rock faces. They have powerful forelimbs that help them climb or brake, and hooves that can spread to brake or squeeze like pincers to grasp irregularly shaped rock. They also have textured foot pads that give them extra traction

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