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Goats are domesticated animals closely related to sheep. There are over 300 breeds of goat. They are used for milk, cheese, meat, fur and skins. 

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Background[]

Dairy goats are often kept aboard larger ships in livestock pens due to their ability to consume nearly all forms of refuse, and the fact that they can produce milk for the crew. 

Season One[]

Mrs. Barlow keeps a number of goats at her estateDyfed Bryson observes a herd of goats being herded on the beach in Nassau. While Anne Bonny guards Max’s tent on the beach, a shepherd leads a flock of goats nearby. 

Season Two[]

John Silver attempts to ingratiate himself with the crew by telling them about embarrassing things members of the crew have done. He is successful when he tells them that a member of the crew entered the livestock pen had sex with the dairy goat. When said pirate, Palmer, punches Silver, the rest of the crew, led by Joshua, beat the pirate who had sex with the goat.

Ned Low eats a leg of lamb in his cabin for dinner when Charles Vane arrives to discuss a partnership with him. 

When the Walrus crew boards the English Merchant Ship, the ship's goats are brought up to the main deck. 

After capturing the True North, Jack Rackham and his crew bring the merchant ship’s dairy goat on deck, presumably intending to take it. The goat bleats throughout Jack’s meeting with Linus Harcourt, captain of another pirate crew laying claim to the prize cargo. 

Season Three[]

After reuniting after 8 years, Charles Vane and Edward Teach walk past a livestock pen full of goats. 

The Maroons raise goats in the Maroon Camp. One such goat has its throat cut by the Medicine Man as part of Mr. Scott’s funeral ritual.

Jacob Garrett informs Billy Bones that his Black Spot has been delivered to Captain Throckmorton while Billy skins a kid. 

Season Four[]

During the disastrous invasion of Nassau, John Silver is knocked overboard while trying to escape the Walrus. His prosthetic leg is entangled in a rope ladder that is being dragged to the bottom of the bay by a swivel gun. Silver cuts himself free and swims through an open gunport into the hold of the Defiant. There, he finds a goat standing on a pile of boxes. When the ship starts sinking, the goat is swept away by a current of water. 

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