>>11765303Could arguably be that fainting makes the goat seem sick and therefore the predator doesn't want to eat the sick pack of goats in fear of getting whatever illness the goat seems to have, or luring the predator as to not get the entire herd killed. Knowing how specific the positive situations are though, it's probably just something that's randomly occured.
>>11765581Cancer is a necessary byproduct of evolution though, as it is a result of mutation it really isn't a "trait" but rather an "effect" of evolution, as said mutation which causes cancer has also caused all other beneficial and detrimental traits in the world to appear.