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Anonymous Mon 25 Nov 02:46:39 2019 No.11174812 View Reply Original Report

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Can scientists explain fainting goats? What is the evolutionary purpose?

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Anonymous Mon 25 Nov 2019 02:52:14 No.11174820 Report

Quoted By: >>11175228

>>11174812
didn't some anon already answer this for you? the goat that faints sacrifices himself for the rest of the herd -- he becomes easy prey for all the predators and therefore the rest of the herd escapes unscathed. stop reposting this.

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Anonymous Mon 25 Nov 2019 07:19:23 No.11175228 Report

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>>11174820
if the goat with the sacrificial trait dies, would it not be eliminated from the gene pool?

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Anonymous Mon 25 Nov 2019 07:24:11 No.11175237 Report

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>>11175228
>i don't understand how recessive genes work
thats ok, you're only 200 years behind the rest of us

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Anonymous Mon 25 Nov 2019 10:43:28 No.11175457 Report

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goats r cute

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Anonymous Mon 25 Nov 2019 17:12:00 No.11176050 Report

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For one, it serves the herd by distracting any predators.
Second, the predator may see the goat as bad food as the fainting behavior may imply that it is sick.

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