AnimalsFarm
Goat Fun facts for kids
Capra hircus
The goat lives on farms and rocky hills worldwide and eats leaves, twigs and bushes.
- Where it lives
- on farms and rocky hills worldwide
- What it eats
- leaves, twigs and bushes
- How big it is
- about as tall as your waist
Fun facts about the goat
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
In Morocco, some goats climb high up into trees to munch on the fruit.
A goat's pupils are shaped like rectangles, so it can see almost all the way around without turning its head.
When some goats get a big fright, their muscles go stiff and they tip over, but they stay wide awake!
Goats don't really eat tin cans, they just nibble off the tasty paper labels.
Goats know the faces and voices of their friends, and they can even learn their own names.
Goats are so curious that they poke at fences, latches and gates to see if they will open.
A goat burps its food back up and chews it all over again.
People use goats as living lawnmowers to munch away prickly bushes.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live on farms all over the world, and I love being with my herd.
My pupils are shaped like rectangles, so I can see almost all the way around me.
In Morocco, some of us climb high up into trees to eat the fruit.
People say I eat tin cans, but I only nibble off the tasty paper labels.
My milk makes tasty cheese, I have horns and a little beard, and I bleat loudly.
Sammy might be thinking of a goat.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the goat in the Farm adventure. It's free to play.
Play the FarmComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
