The Milkable Male Goat of Brazil

Posted by Adrienne Crezo in Animals & Pets on May 28, 2011 at 8:55 am

Nature is always throwing weirdness at us, and today’s helping comes in the form of a hermaphroditic goat–a breedable male that can be milked.

A visitor to a goat show in Brazil did not hesitate to buy a hermaphrodite goat – a male goat that can be milked – when he first came across it. The goat is a clearly a Billy goat. And, translating the colloquial phrase “pai de chiqueiro”, implies that it can be mated with a female goat. But, as seen in the video, the scrotum region apparently serves a dual purpose of being a set of udders that can be squeezed to get milk.

The interview is in Portuguese, but is subtitled for the non-Brazilian. Click through for more information than you’ll ever need.

Link | Image: TV Tambaú, Brasil

 
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Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Posted by Queuebot in Travel on January 27, 2009 at 2:33 pm

Last weekend I stopped into Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum in Farmington Hills, MI. I first heard of this mesmerizing monstrosity on one of my favorite websites: roadsideamerica.com. This was not my first visit to Marvin's, but I don't think I could ever get tired of seeing the place! Considering that I live in northeast Ohio, I don't get many opportunities to go, but when I do find myself in the area, I think I'll always be tempted to pop in for a visit. If you have a magnetism for magical mayhem and mysterious machines I highly recommend Marvin's if you're ever in Michigan.

Every inch of Marvins Marvelous Mechanical Museum's 5500 square feet of floor space with 40 foot ceilings containing an array of buzzing and clattering new and vintage mechanical devices and oddities. Overhead dangle signs, animatronic dummies, over 50 airplane models gliding along a steel rail, vintage fans of all types, and classic sideshow posters. Marvin himself travels the world looking for odd coin operated devices, both new and old. Some of his machines are custom made just for him, and can not be seen in operation anywhere else. Marvin's is also listed in the World Almanac's 100 most unusual museums in the U.S.

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From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by Luci.

 
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