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[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 year ago (5 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biquette

According to Biquette's caretaker at a communal Ferme de Mauriac, the goat spent her first five years (probably ca. 2003–2008) at a milking factory before being handed over to Mauriac because "it was cheaper than a slaughterhouse".[1] Biquette rose to popularity in early 2012 first, with photos and recordings of the band Wormrot's concert in Mauriac, with Biquette in the front row. BuzzFeed dubbed Biquette "Punk Rock Goat",[2] and Metal Insider called her photo "one of the best images in metal".[3] According to the Wormrot's manager, Biquette was very tame, and followed the band around "like a dog".[4] The caretaker of Biquette, named Flo, said in an interview that the goat loved concerts and other gatherings of people and theorized that she liked the vibrations of the wooden floor caused by the live music. Flo also added that Biquette loved stealing cigarettes and cigarette butts, leftover alcohol, paint and oil drains.[1] On December 9, 2013, Biquette's Facebook fan page alleged to the goat passing away,[5] with Flo clarifying in a January 2014 interview that the cause of death was "a big mystery" and adding that given a 20-year average lifespan of a milking goat, Biquette "burned the candle at both ends" of her 10 years of life.[3]

[–] [email protected] 109 points 1 year ago (2 children)

with Flo clarifying in a January 2014 interview that the cause of death was "a big mystery"

All the cigarettes, booze, paint, and oil probably didn’t help.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Mosh pits can be brutal. You should see the other guy.

[–] jscummy 4 points 1 year ago

She's a goat, that's well within their normal diet

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Fucking Wormrot! Holy shit I had no idea they had a goat. Great fucking band.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean she literally ate cigarettes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well who hasn't done that at a punk rock concert?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lmao hell yeah

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Of course this is a French thing.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

She lived 10 years in total, 4 years on a milk farm. Normal goat life-span is about 20 years

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Queen is gone, but she's not forgotten

This is the story of a goat gone awesome

It's better to burn out

than it is to rust

Biquette is gone, but she's not forgotten

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hey hey baah baah

[–] can 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She was watching grindcore bands on a milk farm?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, that was during the 6 years of eating cigarette butts and drinking beer

[–] can 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She wanted to be an Architect

[–] can 2 points 1 year ago

You know I always wanted to be an architect

[–] can 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

goat's livin' a better life than me

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Biquette was punk af.

She did her part to tear down the patriarchy and lived her best life. What the fuck am I doing with my life if a goat is more hardcore than I am?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

What a sheep.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Paying bills.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Underground bands in Czechoslovakia would organize illegal concerts in barns. The goat would have loved it!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

On this blessed day, we are all that goat

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Chicks rock o9

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That music video from the Melvins comes to mind reading this. The song is called Honey Bucket, IIRC.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Uplifting News. Get it? Because of the crowd surfing?