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The domestic goat is descended from the wild goat, Capra aegagrus ... *The wild goat, or Bezoar goat, Capra aegagrus, is found in Afghanistan ...

[[Image:Goat with spiral horns.jpg|thumb|250px|A goat with spiral horns]] ... (musk deer, which are ruminants), Suidae (wild boars), Proboscidea (elephants ...

and instead are limited to capture in their wild state. Creatures such as the ... produce fertile hybrids with native, wild animals which leads to genetic ...

of years. There are also several species of wild sheep. ... Wild sheep are mostly found in hilly or mountainous habitats. They ...

that reaches nearly to the ground. The wild population is small and restricted ... , and are used as pack and draft animals. Wild yaks also are hunted for food ...

West, the image of the unicorn has a billy-goat beard, a lion's tail ... to animals that live in large groups in the wild and have regularly been hunted ...

animals, semi-domestic animals, or captive wild animals. Semi-domesticated ... undergrowth. For example, in areas prone to wild fires, goats and sheep are ...

in the Book of Leviticus, wherein a goat was symbolically infused with ... for the scapegoat. Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the LORD ...

of gifts at Christmas time was the Yule Goat, a somewhat startling figure ... * Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins ...

Reindeer, known as caribou when wild in North America, are an Arctic ... are shorter-legged and heavier than their wild counterparts. The caribou ...

scientific name for a taxon of medium-sized wild cats of North America, Europe ... was the original genus into which these wild cats were originally placed. ...

cats (leopards, cheetahs, lions), hyenas, wild dogs, and crocodiles. They ... Leopards, cheetah, Nile crocodiles, lions, spotted hyenas, and wild ...

is also home to wildlife, including African wild asses. ... The lake area is wild and desert-like, and no fauna or flora can be ...

The name wildebeest derives from the Dutch and Afrikaans words wild ... appear to remain any animals that are truly wild (Taylor 2004). They may have ...

to follow the animals, collecting the wild beans (garmut) which sprung ... was was eventually extended to all animals of the wild. ...

the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, with the upper body and hands ... retinue of Dionysus, as well as those of wild landscapes in ancient Greece ...

the rainy season. Previously havens for wild animals from elephants to ... the oryx or gemsbok, warthogs, cheetahs, wild dogs, leopards, and many species ...

lands also provide a home for a wide variety of wild animals. Some parts of Eastern Africa have garnered worldwide fame for their heavy concentrations ...

Altai argali, the world's largest breed of wild sheep. ... maral, and musk-deer. Siberian mountain goat, brown bear, lynx and glutton ...

The Puck Fair circa 1900, showing the wild goat (King Puck) atop his & ... beginning of the three-day festival, a wild goat is brought into the town ...

* Sheep-goat hybrids, such as the The Toast of Botswana. ... such as the Lijagulep. Various other wild cat crosses are known involving ...

hunted large animals; the other being the wild boar. Besides the meat, the ... different in captivity than in the wild, and the assumption that the ...

Wild game and ham are popular in Champagne as well as the special ... Fish are seen in the cuisine as well as wild game, lamb, calves, Charolais ...

in the riverbed and are competing for food with wild animals, such as gemsboks. == Notes == == References == * Barnard, Phoebe. Biological Diversity ...

Jews have a custom of not eating lamb or goat during the Seder in deference to the absence of the Temple. Many Sephardic Jews, however, have ...

Enki's symbols included a goat and a fish. These later combined ... :There was no hyena, there was no lion, there was no wild dog, no wolf, ...

honors fall to Lechuguilla Cave, a "wild" cave not normally open ... stalagmite. Rangers regularly lead special wild cave tours to this location. ...

permission from Kamehameha to capture the wild cattle and develop a beef ... It was not until the advent of the Wild West shows that cowgirls came ...

animal species such as rabbit, puma, lynx, deer, wild goat/sheep, whale, turtle, tuna, sardine, octopus, eagle and pelican; there are also abstract ...

either side. This shofar was the horn of a wild goat, straight in shape, and ornamented with gold at the mouthpiece. On fasting days, the principal ...

who have increased erosion throughout the landscape. Wild cats hunt endemic bird species, and have drastically reduced their numbers. Invasive plants ...

promotes the abundant fauna need to support wild life. Wild life abounds; jungle ... word Kazi in the Karbi language means "Goat," and Rangai means "Red ...

called the "Danse sauvage" ("wild dance"); dressed in nothing ... leopard, a chimpanzee, a pig, a snake, a goat, a parrot, parakeets, fish ...

colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat out of Laban's flocks ... telling Jacob that he had been killed by a wild beast. ...

have been eradicated (pigs in 2002; goat eradication is nearing finalization ... introduce disease into the endemic and wild bird populations. ...

While encounters with the brown bear in the wild can be dangerous ... about 680 kilograms (1,500 lb). The largest wild Kodiak bear on record weighed ...

animal species such as rabbit, puma, lynx, deer, wild goat/sheep, whale, turtle, tuna, sardine, octopus, eagle, and pelican; there are also abstract ...

abundantly and support a host of insects, wild and domestic herbivores, larks ... grazing pressure due to domestic and wild herbivores on the land. Yaks ...

Jewish Passover song Had gadya (One Goat), in which Lissitzky showcased ... in construction), where some of his most wild experiments with book design ...

Worldwide population of elk, counting those on farms and in the wild ... captivity but average 10 to 13 years in the wild. In some subspecies that suffer ...

consisting of a heifer, a ram, a she-goat, a dove and a pigeon. A "dread ... to promise that the child will be "a wild ass of a man, his hand against ...

derived from yams, do not require a prescription. Wild yams contain a plant steroid called diosgenin, which the human body cannot metabolize into progesterone ...

Historically, a goat herding and subsistence farming people, the Kalash ... wheat that involved the blood of a small goat, and he asked for wheat tribute ...

known for its fine leather products made from wild camels native to the area. The Government of India initiated departmental exploration for oil ...

:Wild bull Dumuzi, make your milk sweet and thick. :I will drink your ... :Let the milk of the goat flow in my sheepfold. :Fill my holy churn ...

An adult goat, which is a typical example of a vitamin C-producing ... pdf Micronutrient intakes of wild primates: Are humans different ...

rabies, which can make a human act like a wild animal, have been cited by ... to European legends), sunlight, a branch of wild rose, the hawthorn plant, ...

Hay is any grass, legume, or other herbaceous plant, cultivated or ... (covering up to 50 miles-per-day in the wild) and their stomach digests ...

difficult to determine. In his book, The Wild Frontier: Atrocities During ... * Osborn, William M. The Wild Frontier: Atrocities During the American ...

parks in which these animals can be observed. The wild dogs, hyenas, and jackals that fed upon the larger game have also largely disappeared. ...

[[image:Rockymountainnps.jpg|thumb|300px|White Goat Wilderness Area ... in North America. Travelers can encounter wild big horn sheep alongside a ...

*goat *goldfinch *goldfish *goose *gopher *gorilla *grasshopper ... *mountain goat *mouse *mule *muskox *mussel *narwhal *newt ...

supplies of food: deer, bear, elk, mountain goat, seal, and bountiful quantities of fish and shellfish. One of the most central components of ...

Coyotes have been known to live a maximum of 10 years in the wild ... to that of the dhole (Cuon alpinus, Asiatic wild dog) (Fox 1984). The eyes ...

[[Image:Great Goose Pagoda Day 2005.jpg|thumb|250px|The Big Wild Goose ... * Tiger Power, Deer Power and Goat (or Antelope) Power * Black River ...

can live approximately 20 years or more in the wild (SNP 2007). Moose add to the wonder of nature for humans, with these giant animals even being ...

This is one of the last remaining wild corners of the United States ... into the Big Bend, and by 1900, sheep, goat, and cattle ranches occupied ...

the Fertile Crescent possessed the wild progenitors of the eight Neolithic ... peoples domesticated wheat, barley, sheep, goat, and cattle. Pottery was in ...

Purchase Exposition of 1904, and Boy and Goat Playing, exhibited during ... zoo featuring monkeys, bears, wolves, and wild boars for use in continued ...

Her stunning looks, her reputation for wild behavior, and her multiple ... * Mighty Lak a Goat (1942) (short subject) * Reunion in France (1942) ...

Bobcat is the common name for a medium-sized wild cat of North America ... was the original genus into which these wild cats were originally placed ...

with the government of Canada, the wild and diverse islands of the ... produced wool is used instead of mountain goat. The famous Haida totem poles ...

climate that is further proved by a change in the wild herbaceous vegetation. This limit usually lies about 1,200 metres (3,940 ft) above the sea on ...

There is much earlier evidence for use of wild cereals: anthropological and ... and other foods were gathered in the wild. Although localized climate ...

a thyrsus. Besides the grapevine and its wild barren alter-ego, the toxic ... of Dionysos from the underworld with wild orgies in the mountains. The ...

They subsist harvesting seasonally available wild plants and game. Pastoralists raise herds and move with them so as not to deplete pasture beyond ...

numerous rock formations. Ancient cypresses and wild olive trees grow at the higher altitudes. Cave paintings and Neolithic artifacts dating back six ...

is dominated by Arctic-alpine plants, wild flowers, grasses, moss and ... Only a few species of wild land mammals are found in the Faroe Islands ...

parks, national wildlife refuges, national wild and scenic rivers, and national ... concern for the long-term survival of the wild roaming wolves is the possibility ...

are difficult to weigh in the wild. Most estimates of the weight ... Their birth rates are lower than in the wild, but this is attributed to ...

trees. Fauna dwelling there include deer, wild boars, monkeys, bats, and ... roots, and the music is produced using goat-skin percussion instruments ...

| Flower = [[File:Wild Rose.svg|24px]]2Wild rose | Tree = Lodgepole Pine ... a celebration of Canada's own Wild West and the cattle ranching ...

was that 90 percent of cattle and half of wild animals perished from rinderpest ... The Maasai stood against slavery and lived alongside most wild animals ...

their diets, some tribes hunt and collect wild plants and yams. Great honor and respect are bestowed on those who become skilled at hunting, ...

of considerable dispute and much (often wild) exaggeration. Modern verified ... are usually little better than guesswork or wild speculation. ...

America, Asarum canadense, is also known as "wild ginger," and its root has similar aromatic properties, but it is not related to true ginger ...

the Devi Gita itself narrates no wild and bloody battles, but is ... off his head, replacing it with that of a goat. Still crazed with grief, ...

meadows of Paradise and Sunrise are filled with wild asters, daisies, orchids, cinquefoil, and heather. Along Skyline Trail you will find wildflower ...

Wildflowers include the blue poppy, lotus, wild pansy, oleander, and orchid. The forests have tigers, leopards, bears, wild boars, wild goats, ...

birth. Cattle that die after being attacked by wild beasts must not be eaten. False witness and bribery are prohibited. Every seventh year, a field ...

include Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Wild Bill Hickok, George Armstrong Custer, and Gutzon Borglum and Korczak Ziolkowski (sculptors of Mount ...

mace, allspice, orange/citrus peels, wild coffee used by the locals ... special occasions such as Christmas, while goat and lamb are eaten commonly ...

* McMillan, Bruce. 1997. Wild flamingos. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395845455 * Manning, Phillip. 1999. Islands of hope. Winston ...

River is designated as a National Wild and Scenic River for 22 miles ... are also seen. pheasant, sage grouse and wild turkey are widely distributed ...

*The Goat (1921) *The Playhouse (1921) *The Boat (1921) ... *How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) *Sergeant Deadhead (1965) ...

"The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild ... . The "wild beasts of the island and the desert" are omitted ...

Pistachio trees as well as Pine, Carob, and Wild Strawberry. ... plants. There are hundreds of species of wild flowers. About 120 bird species ...

thousand in Ladakh. The Tibetan Urial sheep, a rare goat that numbers about a thousand, lives at lower elevations, mostly in river valleys, competing ...

abiding Kenyans were being terrorized by wild, dark, sinister and dangerous ... ritual places decorated with intestines and goat eyes, and that oaths included ...

to the same class belongs Azazel, the goat-like demons of the wilderness ... places, especially the thickets where wild beasts gather. Cemeteries ...

density and "range of freedom" of wild animal populations and diversity ... animals, including the pack ass and a small goat that was common. ...

. Down to 3,000 feet (1,000 meters) grow wild olive, rock-rose, wild privet ... to Islamic law. Alcohol, pork, and wild boar are not consumed. On ...

inhabit the valleys. Other mammals include wild horses and burros, elk, mountain goats, badgers, coyotes, foxes, porcupines, ground squirrels ...

momos. Meat dishes are likely to be yak, goat, or mutton, often dried, or ... the Himalayas: The Bhotia. Peoples of the Wild. Amsterdam: Time-Life Books ...

export crop is coffee. Indeed, it grows wild in the southwest region, which ... baboon, the Walia ibex (a rare mountain goat), and the Ethiopian wolf ...

*Wild Animal Game Species: Gray Squirrel *Fish: Kentucky Spotted Bass ... . Kentucky ranks 5th nationally in goat farming, 8th in beef bourbons ...

*Wild boar hunt ceremony *Maanta pabukoan - sending food to mother ... and therefore not consumed, while lamb, goat and game are rarely used because ...

fauna includes leopards, cheetahs and deer, wild sheep, bear, brown musk shrews ... Ibex, Tibetan antelopes, snow leopards, wild ass, red bears and gazelles. ...

There are more than 200 different species of wild orchid on the island and this includes 14 varieties of Ophrys Cretica.[http://books.google.com/books ...

ISBN 9774242858) Animals, both domesticated and wild, were therefore a critical source of spirituality, companionship, and sustenance to the ancient ...

including bears, deer, martens, and wild pigs, as well as predatory ... foods, particularly meat (poultry, lamb, goat, veal/beef); milk and dairy ...

in a couple of crowd scenes, "wild," nonspecific vocals ... in November. The process known as "goat glanding" briefly became ...

and Rhodopean tulip. Forests have wild fruits, briars, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and mushrooms, as well as a variety ...

animal sacrificed to a Norse deity, such as a goat for Thor, a sow for Freyja, or boar for Freyr. Then a bundle of fir twigs would be dipped into the ...

a feast that included numerous types of waterfowl, wild turkeys and fish procured by the colonists, as well as five deer brought by the Native Americans. ...

It is traditional to sacrifice a lamb or a goat to celebrate holidays. ... become disheartened by his rule, and a half-wild friend, Enkidu. Interpreters ...

As in Spain, the wild goat, wild pig and deer are found in the Portuguese countryside. The wolf survives in the remote parts of Serra da Estrela ...

population in Europe, while chamois, lynx, wild cats, martens, and capercaillies ... theatre or Ursul (the bear) and Capra (the goat) in winter. ...

to brown bears and lynx and to wolves, roe deer, wild goat, foxes and boars, amongst others. Natural resources include lignite, petroleum, iron ...