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RE: Discovering Crete, Part 1 - Agiofárango, the Gorge of Saints I
Wow, it looks stunningly beautiful. It reminds me a little of Zion National Park in Utah.
Anyway, the photo of the goat intrigued me, because oleander is poisonous to dogs. So out of curiosity I checked to see if goats can eat it. Here's what I found:
If you have any kind of livestock on your property, watch out for oleanders. Goats do tolerate some plants that harm other livestock, but oleanders aren't one of them. These plantings are extraordinarily toxic. According to Texas A&M, as little as 0.005 percent of an animal’s body weight of oleander dry leaves may be lethal. That means even a nibble can kill a goat.
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I'm guessing the goats don't eat it, in any case, great photography looking forward to the next installment.
Very well observed! In fact, it only appears on the phota as if the goat would nose the oleander. The truth is, the goat stood several meters behind the oleander. It was simply checking the ground as it jumped off from that ledge an instance later :)
I was fairly sure they wouldn't eat the oleander, otherwise there wouldn't be any of them left, but I was amazed the goat would be sniffing them. Thanks for giving me the backstory!