Goats with stomachs for metal

His Mattness: Do goats really eat cans? — Bill Herzog, Pacific Beach

Well, if they did, Bill, there’d be a whole lot fewer goats. They’re not picky eaters, but nothing in a goat’s digestive system is prepared to deal with scrap metal. This staple image from old cartoons may have evolved into an urban legend of sorts because goats will lick certain kinds of glue from the backs of can labels.