Comments on: Just some baby pygmy goats doing a happy dance http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1649263 Lupus_Yonderboy Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1649263 Yeah, that was one of my first thoughts as well - "so goats binky too, eh?".  Our rabbits have done some crazy ones, binkies from the floor to the couch or floor to the table, etc.  It's always funny when they end up somewhere on a different level than where they started, there seems to be an element of "well how the hell did I get up here?". Yeah, that was one of my first thoughts as well – “so goats binky too, eh?”.  Our rabbits have done some crazy ones, binkies from the floor to the couch or floor to the table, etc.  It’s always funny when they end up somewhere on a different level than where they started, there seems to be an element of “well how the hell did I get up here?”.

]]> By: Slobodan Tabakovich http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648987 Slobodan Tabakovich Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648987 I concur, they look uncomfortable.  I concur, they look uncomfortable. 

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648978 chgoliz Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648978 Is it similar to human babies crawling, pulling themselves up, etc.?  In other words, they're figuring out how to use their limbs? Is it similar to human babies crawling, pulling themselves up, etc.?  In other words, they’re figuring out how to use their limbs?

]]> By: Enki http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648963 Enki Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648963 This seems really similar to the behavior of happy rabbits, which we annoying bunny owners often call "binkys". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltI4IDwYMEE Granted, the kid-version of it shown here is a little less energetic than grown rabbits, but I do wonder if there's a biological connection. This seems really similar to the behavior of happy rabbits, which we annoying bunny owners often call “binkys”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltI4IDwYMEE

Granted, the kid-version of it shown here is a little less energetic than grown rabbits, but I do wonder if there’s a biological connection.

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648952 howaboutthisdangit Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648952 It sucks to have an itch that you just can't scratch. It sucks to have an itch that you just can’t scratch.

]]> By: rocketpjs http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648814 rocketpjs Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648814 Well, if the Buddhists and Hindus have it right they could be little reincarnated individuals expressing their discontent at the shape of their new bodies.  I can just picture their thought balloons: "What the fuck, am I hungover?  Gah!" kick kick "What the fuck is this place!  Agh!"  Hop hop hop kick "Where is my lawyer!? headbutt kick kick Well, if the Buddhists and Hindus have it right they could be little reincarnated individuals expressing their discontent at the shape of their new bodies.  I can just picture their thought balloons:
“What the fuck, am I hungover?  Gah!”
kick kick
“What the fuck is this place!  Agh!” 
Hop hop hop kick
“Where is my lawyer!?
headbutt kick kick

]]> By: social_maladroit http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648790 social_maladroit Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648790 The awful truth is that these goats' behavior is really due to their diet of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_beans" rel="nofollow"><i>Frijoles saltarines</I></a>. The awful truth is that these goats’ behavior is really due to their diet of Frijoles saltarines.

]]> By: snagglepuss http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648772 snagglepuss Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648772 (Stuart voice) "LOOK WHAT I CAN DO !" (Stuart voice) “LOOK WHAT I CAN DO !”

]]> By: ChuckTV http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648765 ChuckTV Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648765 Back in the good old days when dancing meant exploding... Back in the good old days when dancing meant exploding…

]]> By: L_Mariachi http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648766 L_Mariachi Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648766 At Maker Faire a few years ago there was a pen with a bunch of baby goats playing King of the Hill on a pile of haybales. I'm still not sure what that had to do with Makering but I may have spent more time there than any other single exhibit. At Maker Faire a few years ago there was a pen with a bunch of baby goats playing King of the Hill on a pile of haybales. I’m still not sure what that had to do with Makering but I may have spent more time there than any other single exhibit.

]]> By: L_Mariachi http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648763 L_Mariachi Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648763 I get a &start=113 at the end of the URL, which makes the video start about half a second from the end. Line 368 of the source. I get a &start=113 at the end of the URL, which makes the video start about half a second from the end. Line 368 of the source.

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648746 LightningRose Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648746 I'm not sure they're particularly happy, but baby goats are among the cutest creatures on the planet. I’m not sure they’re particularly happy, but baby goats are among the cutest creatures on the planet.

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648744 LightningRose Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648744 7 minutes later and they're working for me, too. 7 minutes later and they’re working for me, too.

]]> By: SpudNYC http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648741 SpudNYC Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648741 That's baby goats. I know it's weird but they just cant stand still. Must... climb... and jump...! That’s baby goats. I know it’s weird but they just cant stand still. Must… climb… and jump…!

]]> By: sincarne http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648740 sincarne Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648740 Must have been a YouTube glitch. Embeds weren't working on another site, but they're back now. Must have been a YouTube glitch. Embeds weren’t working on another site, but they’re back now.

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648738 LightningRose Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648738 I am. Same for the Cronkite video. Firefox v18.0.2, upgraded via Ubuntu Upgrade Manager a few hours ago. I am. Same for the Cronkite video.

Firefox v18.0.2, upgraded via Ubuntu Upgrade Manager a few hours ago.

]]> By: sincarne http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648737 sincarne Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648737 Yeah, I don't think it's you guys, though. The iframe itself is empty but for #document, the HTML tag, and an empty head and body. If you follow the src directly for the iframe, you get the player, but it won't load the video. Yeah, I don’t think it’s you guys, though. The iframe itself is empty but for #document, the HTML tag, and an empty head and body. If you follow the src directly for the iframe, you get the player, but it won’t load the video.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648736 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648736 Are you getting a white space where there should be a video? Are you getting a white space where there should be a video?

]]> By: sincarne http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648735 sincarne Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648735 It wasn't showing up for me, either. Link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6fF0pIGqors It wasn’t showing up for me, either. Link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6fF0pIGqors

]]> By: Anne Onimos http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648734 Anne Onimos Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648734 What goats? What goats?

]]> By: wazmo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648728 wazmo Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648728 Maybe fainting goats that don't quite go all the way? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainting_goat Maybe fainting goats that don’t quite go all the way? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainting_goat

]]> By: Marty Blanket Ingels II http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648724 Marty Blanket Ingels II Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648724 these poor goats don't look happy to me - they look like they have fleas. or epilepsy.  these poor goats don’t look happy to me – they look like they have fleas. or epilepsy. 

]]> By: HubrisSonic http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/just-some-baby-pygmy-goats-doi.html#comment-1648722 HubrisSonic Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211510#comment-1648722 I am staring at them... really hard.  I am staring at them… really hard. 

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