By Vurdlak on April 9, 2007, with 87 Comments
While ago, reader Bart Wouters sent me this photo of a Goat family that climbs trees in search for food. Bart says it’s no illusion – it’s real. I also received a link with an explanation. What made me think. Internet as a medium can push a story as unbelievable as this one, and we believe it without thinking much about it. I checked the website, and have to say it gave good explanation, but am still not sure what to think. Can you help me? The second photo of lions on a tree is probably real. But I can’t figure how those goats climbed up there? They don’t appear much athletic. The explanation says: “In drought-ridden conditions when there is little else to eat, goats will climb up a variety of trees in many of the warmer countries in the world (Morocco). Some holidaymakers to the Mediterranean countries come back with amazing photos of goats grazing in trees. The most spectacular of these pictures originate from South-West Morocco, where there is a unique habitat of semi-desert Argan Forest, which is sadly declining. Nearly half of the forest has disappeared in comparison with Victorian times. ” This is probably, why they have to climb trees – to eat and survive! I’m still doubtful…
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haha the goats photo is real, well atleast i think so cos i have seen a couple of photos of those goats, the Lion photo is real, and FYI thats not a rainforest thats a savanna, look at the background, my source? I live there (Southern Africa) and no matter what you have heard, lions back here do climb trees, so if u got 1 on ur tail and u dnt have a “big” gun u srewed…
Lions?
If this is real life, what illusion is there?
The goats are real. check YouTube for “tree climbing goats”, or google it. They were in a National Geographic sometime during 2008 but I can’t find it atm. It wasn’t a full feature story but a one page thing under “Health” because the tree’s nuts are used for argan oil. The goats eat the nuts.
yes goats climb trees and rock mountains inthe hotest summer season for survival to fed himself most of the regions are valleys dry places of the countries. Lions use to climbs trees after their brunch dinner or etc., they go for long rest untill they are hungry its true