Product Description
Our plastic domestic nanny goat is just a fraction under 2 inches from nose to tail, and stands 1 5/8 inches tall. Made of white plastic, and painted two shades of brown, this plastic goat would be great fun for a miniature farm, model train layout, school project, farm diorama, Christmas manger scene, or used as a toy or collectible plastic animal. Check out our other goat toys and gifts.
The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep. Both sheep and goats are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of goat. Goats are one of the oldest domesticated species. Goats have been used for their milk, meat, hair, and skins over much of the world. A goat is very useful to humans both alive or dead. Alive, goats can be used as a renewable provider of milk and fiber. After a gestation period of 150 days, a doe or nanny goat most often gives birth to twins, although single young as well as triplets are not uncommon. A good dairy goat will produce at least sic pounds of milk per day. Dead, goats can be used for meat and hide. Intestines of a goat can be used for making strings for musical intruments. In the twentieth century they also became popular as pets. Goat meat from younger animals is called kid or cabrito, and from older animals is sometimes called chevon, or in some areas
