10/5 Update: This will only make sense if you read the comments on this post. Leland does look like Mr. Tumnus! If only I had captured Leland’s horns in the above photo…
October 5, 2010
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October 5, 2010 at 5:46 am
Their pupils are so strange, so different!
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October 5, 2010 at 6:37 am
Sigrid,
And apparently in the name of evolution…
Some previous information I was able to find about their horizontal pupils:
Animals like goats may have evolved horizontal pupils because better vision in the vertical plane may be beneficial in mountainous environments. Apparently, having horizontal slit-shaped pupils increases their peripheral depth perception and also makes it easier for them to see at night.
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October 5, 2010 at 6:01 am
Don’t goats just have the strangest eyes? Gotta wonder how they can see out of that tiny slit.
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October 5, 2010 at 6:34 am
Di,
Their eyes always mesmerize me…
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October 5, 2010 at 6:24 am
Leland has a handsome face with unique eyes and he, in a way, reminds me of the Mother and twin cheetahs we saw in Africa, those black lines on his face! That’s what makes him look so handsome! This is the first time I have seen Leland so close up.
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October 5, 2010 at 6:32 am
MeeMaw,
Yes, you’re right! I hadn’t thought of that, but yes, he does have cheetah lines on his face. 🙂
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October 5, 2010 at 6:27 am
He looks just like my favorite character in Narnia–Mr. Tumnus.
Completely aside from his good looks, I have a question. Why are goats pupils sideways?
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October 5, 2010 at 6:31 am
CeeCee,
I’ll have to look up Mr. Tumnus. 🙂
I had wondered the same thing about goat pupils. What little I could find on the subject, I blogged about here:
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October 5, 2010 at 10:05 am
None of these posts were here before I posted, and so it must seem silly that I asked about Leland’s eyes when the question had already been answered. 🙂
As for Mr. Tumnus—he is the most wonderful “Faun” from Narnia. Here he meets Lucy for the first time. http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi566296857/
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October 5, 2010 at 11:31 am
CeeCee,
No worries! 🙂 I just posted a cartoon photo of Mr. Tumnus. You’re absolutely right! 😀
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October 5, 2010 at 6:38 am
Well, Hello, handsome!
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October 5, 2010 at 6:39 am
Well, Hello, C!
Have a great day. 🙂
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October 5, 2010 at 7:28 am
Really Leland has a handsome face with beautiful and mysterious eyes!
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October 5, 2010 at 7:28 am
Sonia,
Thank you! We think so too. 🙂
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October 5, 2010 at 7:36 am
Hee Hee Hee!! That picture makes me giggle! Thanks for the great start to the day.
And oh, yes. I completely agree. All that he is lacking is a big red scarf to be Mr. Tumnus. My knitting needles are itching again…
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October 5, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Cathy,
And imagine my surprise too when I found that Mr. Tumnus is wearing a big red scarf in every picture I found of him. 😉 As I was walking the goats and sheep back to the barn this afternoon, I was picturing a red scarf around Leland’s neck… 😀
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October 5, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Oh, my friend, get thee to a library and check out “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”. With your love of animals, you will love it. So much more than a kids book… And yes, Mr Tumnus isnt Mr Tumnus without his red scarf.
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October 5, 2010 at 8:09 am
What a handsome face! Why don’t we hear more about the goats?
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October 5, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Nancy,
I can work on it… 🙂 Perhaps it’ll be easier to do more on goats and sheep over the winter when things are more quiet (no bugs). 😀
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October 5, 2010 at 8:46 am
Terribly cute!!
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October 5, 2010 at 8:47 am
I don’t know if that came out right: I was going for incredibly cute… a heart breaker:)
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October 5, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Sandra,
It did… it worked either way you said it. 😀
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October 5, 2010 at 8:52 am
Too adorable for words…..
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October 5, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Annie,
Thank you!
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October 5, 2010 at 9:02 am
Nice to meet the other members of Morningbray. Goat eyes are pretty wild looking.
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October 5, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Carolynn,
They are, aren’t they?
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October 5, 2010 at 11:14 am
He has beautiful eyes! I’m glad you explained the pupils – I’ve often wondered.
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October 5, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Nancy,
Thank you… and, our pleasure! 🙂
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October 5, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Leland is very handsome! I wasn’t familiar with Mr. Tumnus either, but wow… he’s got a twin!
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October 5, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Tammy,
Thank you, Lucky Lady! 😉
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