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Fainting Goats

Fainting Goats. By: Bailey Estes. Names . Fainting Goats Myotonic Goats Tennessee wooden legs Nervous Goats Fall-Down Goats . Why they faint. Voluntary muscles tense Instead of immediately loosening, muscles stay tense, releasing slowly Cause of slow relaxing: Myotonia Congenita.

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Fainting Goats

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  1. Fainting Goats By: Bailey Estes

  2. Names • Fainting Goats • Myotonic Goats • Tennessee wooden legs • Nervous Goats • Fall-Down Goats

  3. Why they faint • Voluntary muscles tense • Instead of immediately loosening, muscles stay tense, releasing slowly • Cause of slow relaxing: Myotonia Congenita

  4. Myotonia Congenita • Affects skeletal muscles • Congenital- present from birth • Causes delay in muscle relaxation • May also suffer stiffness • Doesn’t just affect goats

  5. Pictures! http://videos.syracuse.com/post-standard/2009/07/myotonic_fainting_goats.html http://www.whitmorefarm.com/content/5062 http://moonhavenfarm.com/mytonics.htm http://buzzinn.net/the-funniest-goats-ever/ http://www.freewebs.com/cartangel/amyowhat.htm

  6. Video! http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/animals-pets-kids/mammals-kids/goat-fainting-kids/

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