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This week’s entry: Quick hits
What it’s about: Lots of things! Over the years, we’ve come across Wikipedia articles that fascinated or amused to some degree, but were too short to write a full column about. So for the next few weeks, we’re going to shake up the format, and move through our 6,2098,117-part series a bit faster by tackling multiple subjects in brief. This week, some animal-themed pages.
Judas Goat: Just as Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus, leading to his crucifixion, animal herders will often employ a Judas Goat, which is trained to lead other animals (usually not goats, often sheep or cattle) to slaughter (or simply into a pen or onto a truck), while the Judas Goat itself is spared. Wikipeida does not elaborate on why the other animals are willing to blindly follow a goat.