Mountain rescuers in Snowdonia saw the funny side of an emergency call-out instigated by a gaggle of goggle-eyed goats.<\/p>\n
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation (MRO) quipped the areas wild goats were now using human decoys and baiting the team with human-sounding voices.<\/p>\n
This now proves the goats are on to us, sighed the team after it was dispatched to what turned out to be a false alarm.<\/p>\n
Earlier the team had received reports from a climber on Idwal Slabs who had heard repeated shouts for help.<\/p>\n
He could see a group of walkers standing together on broken ground on what he thought was the flank of Y Garn.<\/p>\n
It later transpired he had been looking at Twll Du, the Devils Kitchen.<\/p>\n
Fearing the worst, he alerted Ogwen Valley MRO, which decided to send out a small team to investigate even though no 999 calls had been made.<\/p>\n
When team members met the climber, he told them the group was now moving slowly down the mountain.<\/p>\n
After catching up with the group, they were met with blank looks.<\/p>\n
They reported that they had heard goats bleating behind them all through their descent! said Ogwen Valley MRO on Facebook.<\/p>\n
This now proves the goats have evolved their tactics to include human decoys to improve their chances of deploying the team on false alaaaarms.<\/p>\n
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Some goats have an uncanny ability to mimic human sounds as their bleats have a similar pitch and timbre.<\/p>\n
A few appear to yell like people, especially when disgruntled or hungry.<\/p>\n
However they all have different bleats and YouTube videos abound with examples, from high-pitched screams to husky-voiced barks.<\/p>\n
Ogwen Valley MRO took its goat encounter in good humour.<\/p>\n
All joking aside, it was a false alarm with good intent, it wrote.<\/p>\n
The team will always respond to peoples concerns for their fellow mountaineers.... and goats.<\/p>\n
Know of other animals with human-like abilities? Share your stories in the comments section below.<\/p>\n
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