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36 Goat Pictures That Are Perfect for Kidding Around

Updated on Jul. 02, 2025

Everyone will love these silly and sweet goat pictures!

Udderly adorable goat pictures

Silly goat pictures go viral on the internet for a reason, and it’s not just the photos of them chilling on vertical cliffs that make for some of the funniest animal pictures. As well as daredevil goats, there are fainting goats, screaming goats, tree-climbing goats and goat yoga—and don’t even get us started on baby goats!

Goats are well known for their ability to chew on pretty much everything, from socks to alfalfa, but they’re also smart animals. They can learn their names and be taught to come when called, although they can be pretty stubborn. And their spooky rectangular pupils give them 340-degree vision!

Keep scrolling to see more of these adorable photo subjects, from your typical goat next door to more wild varieties.

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Goat Cuddles
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Goat gossip

I heard the farmer was angry. Someone really got his goat.

Gruff goat lying on a bridge
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Billy goat gruff

Look, either you give me the password or you give me a carrot. It’s up to you.

three goats sitting close together on a wooden platform
Courtesy Madge Fleece

Family goat picture

Say “goat cheese”! This adorable goat photo was sent in by one of our readers for our Best Pet Pals contest.

Goats
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Maybe that hen is up to something

What’s all that noise out there? It sounds like a battering ram!

a small pig and a small goat cuddle in the hay in their pen
Courtesy Vee Potter

Farm friends

Animal friendships warm our hearts. Sent in by a reader for our Best Pet Pals contest, this photo shows a goat with a very pork-ticular pal.

Oman, Portrait of goat sticking out tongue at camera
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When you have no thumbs

This is the only way I can hitch a ride back to the mountains! C’mon, pick me up.

Kid - baby goat
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Interrupted nap

You’ve got to be kidding me. I don’t need a baaaath!

Out of place goat
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Dare to be different

Sometimes, you’re just a goat in a herd of sheep.

Goats staring.
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New kids on the block

Yeah, we’re in a band. The Baaaa-street Boys.

Close-Up Portrait Of Goats
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Photoshoot ready

Let’s take a silly one next! Oh, wait … all my goat pictures are hilarious.

Mountain Goats, mother & 2 kids
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Winter is coming

For these fluff-tastic mountain goats, winter is already here!

Invasive wild goats on the island of Mallorca
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Oops, a goat photobomb

Really, Bill? Do you need another vacation photo?

Jumping Goat
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Silly billy

This athletic fellow must drink a lot of goat-arade to keep his energy up.

Portrait Of A Goat
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Hypebeast

It takes time to perfect your selfie face, but it’s worth it to take great goat pictures.

Laughing Goat
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Baa-ha-ha

This goat definitely likes to laugh at his own jokes, like this one: What do you call a goat that paints pictures? Vincent van Goat!

Brown goat behind fence
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Houdini

Oh, hi. I have no idea how I goat here.

Alpine Ibexes
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Best friends

It’s OK, Fred. You’ll be the best butter next time. I’ve goat your back.

Young goats standing on horse in stable
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Hill billies

I still can’t see over the stall door, can you?

Goat
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Cross-breed cutie

I’m either a spaniel or a goat. You decide!

Exchange of tenderness and love between two white goats.
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Mutual compliments

You’re the GOAT. No, you’re the GOAT—with bells on.

Yawning young ibex
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Yodeling goat

He could be singing, he could be yawning. Either way, this young goat has some opinions to express.

Baby Boer goat
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Old soul

So I said to her, “Are you kidding me? You’re going to get ME a nanny?”

A goat eats paper on a campsite in the desert
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Pre-dinner snack

Oh, did you need this?

Three Billy Goats Gruff
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Goat gang

You better take a ewe turn, pal. This is our log.

Goat wearing a bell walking on a roof, Switzerland
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High-flyer

This seems dangerous, but don’t worry, he’s goat this.

Two goats leaning on barn door, England, UK
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Chatty nannies

Personally, I love the stained glass, Mavis. I think it gives me a nice glow in all my goat photos.

whole body view of a newborn baby goat in a pen
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Baby’s first steps

This newborn kid is trying out his new legs with a goat’s most important skill: climbing!

A cute farm pigmy goat pulls a fun expression
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Goat says what?!

Did you say goat puns are baaaaad?

Goats graze in an argan tree - Morocco
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Strange looking birds

I think I for-goat how to get down.

goat
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City dweller

This stylish goat is ready for her close-up. It takes knowing how to pose to take good goat pictures.

Close-Up Of A Goat
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He just heard this joke

What do you call a beard on a billy? A goatee!

Midsection For Three Kid Goats
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Something’s goat to give

Not much room to maaaaaneuver here.

Two kid goats in field
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Kidding around

These baby animals are ready for playtime!

It’s all downhill from here

Whether they like it or not, these kids have to climb down again.

Goat poking his head through hole in wooden fence, Melk, Yspersal, Austria
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What is it with goats and eavesdropping?

Hello, I hope you don’t mind me butting in—I have something to add to the conversation.

Talking goat
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He tells baaaaad jokes

French goats are the most musical of all goats—they have French horns. Womp, womp.

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