Posted on 07/27/2011 11:10:04 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Jordan hosted its first Levantine Goat Beauty Pageant on 22 July, in which breeders from the Kingdom and Gulf States took part.
Levantine goats are distinguished from other breeds for their curved noses and soft hair. A levantine goat can sell for $25,000 in the Gulf States.
Yahia Abu Jaber, the organiser of the pageant, said 'the levantine goat represents old traditions for Arabs the levantine goat has has many beautiful characteristics, and this goat differs from other goats in terms of body shape, height, the incline of its head and its wide-open eyes. This makes it more expensive, he noted.
The prices of levantine goats in the Gulf states can range between 100,000 and 200,000 Riyals, equal to between $25,000 and $50,000 US dollars.
The pageant was organised outside the capital Amman near Baqaa Camp for Palestinian refugees. It was attended by Saudi, Emirati, Kuwaiti, Syrian and Palestinian breeders, Reuters reported.
First place for both the male and female goat sections went to 'contestants' owned by Yahia Abu Jaber.
The organisers hope that the competition will help to support the breeding and trading of goats in the region and open up new markets for breeders to sell goat products in the Gulf States.
Immortality and artificial demon possession?
Kitteh: “I taught him that.”
If that were Maru, he’d be saying, “I beleeb u r in mai spot...”
Thackney has reminded me that immortality and possible demonic possession are side effects observed in animial life upon administering my coffee.
I had actually forgotten that.
LOL! Wonderful! What type of broil were you using for those "crawdads"?
I am guessing humblegunner hasn’t forgetten that.
Or he’d just do a flying dive in (much fun to follow).
Zatarain’s if I remember correctly.
Them bugs was GOOD!
I’m somewhat surprised he hasn’t given more wildlife the coffee just to see what happens.
I haven't forgotten that I fed that coffee to my midget Winky and he ran off.
Not likely to forget that.
I miss Winky.
Now where could something like that get to?
It’s not like the coffee would have sent him into a rampage in town now, right?
I’d stil pay good money to slip some coffee to some javelinas and let some PETA types loose in the immediate area.
Mexican Midget Circus tours. Big market for one-eyed English speaking midgets down there.
He was banking big time until he dropped off the map.
Id stil pay good money to slip some coffee to some javelinas
Yeah, that's the ticket. You do that. Shoot some video.
Upload it quickly.
Trick is to be up high before the vavs get riled and start tearing stuff up.
Javs, me and my typos.
I need more coffee.
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