Goats and people
Goats were first domesticated in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago.
Here's looking at you
The pupil in a goat's eye is rectangular in shape instead of being round.
Who's who
Male: buck or billy
Female: doe or nanny
Young male or female: kid
Wild cousins
Goats are in the
Bovidae family, which includes gazelles, antelopes, buffaloes, and ibexes, as well as sheep and cows. At the National Zoo, you can see: Speke's gazelle and bison.