SYSK Selects: That Dang-old Goat Fell Over

Stuff You Should Know

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4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Due to a condition known as Thomsen's disease, the muscles of fainting goats tense up whenever the animal is startled. In this episode, Josh and Chuck break down the science behind this bizarre condition.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.4	Hey there everyone, it's me Josh and for this week's S.Y.S. Case Selects, I've chosen
0:35.7	our episode on fainting goats from 2011.
0:39.8	It's about the funniest, saddest breed of goats around plus sad kittens too.
0:45.9	But it's also really cute in a weird way.
0:48.4	At any rate, this one I will advise you to listen to a company by your laptop or phone
0:54.3	ready to go on YouTube because there's going to be a lot of stuff for you to check out.
0:58.2	Enjoy it.
1:02.0	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House StuffWorks.com.
1:11.9	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:13.5	I'm Josh Clark.
1:14.8	There's Charles W. Schuck Bryant.
1:17.6	Look at me.
1:18.6	Yeah that's right, that's me.
1:20.5	Now fall over.
1:21.5	Thud.
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