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Guys, look! A new baby brother!
When scared teenagers whisper about Goatman, not all agree on the form he takes. Some say he was a man who kept goats and went mad after teenagers killed his flock, driven to seek revenge against any youngster. But perhaps the most titillating version traces the origin of Goatman to the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a sprawling USDA facility anchored by a big brick building appointed with white columns. In this version, a mad scientist is conducting
Argan goats, named after the trees they climb in search of their preferred dessert, the Argan fruit, have been climbing trees in southwestern Morocco for centuries. Photographer Michael Chinnici took this video (along with a few sweet photos) on a recent trip to their neck of the woods. According to Chinnici’s blog, kernels from the Argan fruit drop to the ground in the goats’ poop and the whole kit and caboodle are pressed into oil by locals for
For the first time since its inception in 2008, the global seed vault used to protect biodiversity had its first withdrawal. Earlier this week, researchers in the Middle East requested seeds suitable for dry areas to store at their seed bank in Beirut, which was originally located in Aleppo, Syria, but displaced by the Syrian war. Further east, in South Korea, a young foodie named BJ Patoo is making around $1,500 a night eating noodles on camera. The practice