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

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