No bills to pay, no job to do; just hanging out in a field eating grass, sounds strange to some, but to some it seems ideal.
However, there's not much people can do to transform themselves into goats and escape the responsibilities of everyday life, but a few years ago author Thomas Thwaites proved otherwise.
In his book "GoatMan: How I Took A Holiday From Being a Human," Thwaites describes how he adopted prosthetic hooves and tried to eat grass in order to live more like a goat after years of believing that life would be much less stressful as an animal.
In an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, Thwaites recalled thinking[/B] as a child that he would not have to go to school if he were a cat, and later relied on his wishful thinking after looking after his niece's "happy, happy" dog.
Thwaites spent nine months trying to live like a goat, while his funding helped pay for prosthetic limbs, including two extra legs and hooves, made by a doctor at Salford University's prosthetics clinic.
He also considered getting[/B] a fake stomach to help him digest grass, but was forced to abandon that plan due to warnings of health problems.
The author eventually travelled to a farm in the Alps to fully immerse himself in goat life, after which he described the three-day experience on the farm as "a special kind of time".
Source: gazzetta.gr
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