{"id":18201,"date":"2015-02-19T17:01:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T22:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=18201"},"modified":"2015-02-20T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T18:02:28","slug":"goodbye-horse-hello-goat-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/goodbye-horse-hello-goat-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Horse, Hello Goat: Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy New Year! No, we\u2019re not two months too late. Thursday, February 19th marked the start of the longest holiday in China<\/a>\u2014Chinese New Year. We say farewell to last year’s Year of the Horse and usher in the Year of the Goat (get out of here, sheep!<\/a>). This holiday, celebrated all over Asia, lasts for fifteen days. In honor of the Year of the Goat, we bring you some of the coolest, cutest, and most rambunctious goats from the interwebs along with some cool facts about one of culture<\/strong>‘s favorite ruminants. (Warning: This article contains cuteness overload.)<\/p>\n

1. Goat’s eye pupils are rectangular instead of round.<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: Funny Junk<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

2. Goats were the first animals to be domesticated by humans in 10,000 B.C.E.<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: Buzzfeed<\/a> via Facebook: eltfarms<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

3. Goats were also the first animals to be used for milk by humans, and worldwide, more people eat and drink milk from goats than from any other animal.<\/h3>\n

Mahatma Gandhi drank goat’s milk every day for thirty years!<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Buzzfeed<\/a> via Tumblr<\/p><\/div>\n

4. Goats are quite agile and can jump over 5 feet high. (The clip below shows just how jumpy baby goats can be. Oh my goodness\u2026 0:54, we can’t even.)<\/h3>\n