Blog launch

Allow us first to introduce ourselves. We are the Order of the Vigilant Moufflon. The purpose of this blog is simple. To observe and record the activity of goats the world over. We hear you ask why. That too is simple. It has long been our philosophical contention (insisted upon mainly by our esteemed member Moufflon Tony but still to be tested empirically, hence the blog) that, despite the surprisingly long-lived theory of the great Charles Darwin, goats are humans' closest relatives in the wonderful extended family that is the spectrum of species. They can be romantic; they have a dark side; they are accomplished scientists (as our other esteemed member, Ruminant, has always maintained); they are just as sensitive as us to matters such as death and its effect on socialisation processes. So this is a call to all enlightened goat lovers out there: Keep the scientific evidence rolling in. To everyone else: Watch this space and be prepared to be amazed at those wonderful creatures.