(lively music)
- This is Ruth, a Nigerian dwarf goat kid.
She was named after Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Her friend, Sonia, is a mini Nubian goat kid.
They live at the Oregon Zoo's Family Farm
with the rest of the herd.
(goats bleating)
And sometimes, they meet the other animals.
- Today we're gonna go see the giraffes. (laughs)
She's like, I don't have a log going from my, oh,
(laughs)
- Hi.
- Alright. Here you go, here you go.
- Back up! (cheers)
(singing) Go and dance, dance! (laughs)
You've got this!
Come on!
- It was kind of a fun walk down to giraffes.
Ruth was really active (laughs) and really jumpy today.
(hissing noise)
You make it? Oh, I gotcha. Go up.
- I'm kind of excited to see how they react
to see a giraffe because they're huge.
(laughs loudly)
Goats are so tiny, so it's really out of their realm.
- Here we come! (singing quietly)
(relaxed, medium tempo music)
(music becomes fuller, with more instruments)
- Your staff. Come on back!
(lively music)
- So we'll just kinda come in this little area
over here, and I have some browse,
and we'll see if the giraffe come over.
- (laughs) Did you bring all this for us? Thank you!
(laughs)
You can share with the giraffes, kids. (laughs)
- There are plants back here.
- No (laughs).
_ Aww.
- That's (laughs) cute.
- Aww (laughs).
(singing) Well, the giraffes are outta here!
So when we first came in the giraffes got
a little bit startled, but that kinda makes sense
because they've never seen goats before.
(upbeat music)
(startled yell)
(laughs) They scare each other.
She was, "Even I don't know!" (laughs)
- I knew Sonia would be into it.
She's a tiny giraffe. (laughs)
After a little while I think they got
a little more comfortable with the goats.
They slowly, slowly inched their way forward
to eat the browse, but they always kept their eyes
on the goats, so I think they were really
interested in them.
(laughs) Oh, she's looking!
She's definitely excited, her little mohawk's up. (laughs)
(gentle, medium tempo music)
It seemed like Ruth and Sonia were having a lot of fun
in the habitat itself.
They jumped up on the log and ran back and forth,
and they had a little stump that they were playing on,
nibbling on the moss and the grass.
(laughs) It was a really fun space for them.
Today went really great with the giraffes!
The goats were really interested in eating the browse,
as usual.
And the giraffes were really entertaining
because they (laughs) were so cautious,
so it was fun to watch them overcome that.
By the end of it they were sharing the same salad.
- I really like watching Ruth and Sonia do these encounters,
because they are, it seems like they are recognizing
that there are other things in their world,
like the animals.
So they are starting to investigate them more.
And I think that they did that with the giraffes.
(gentle music) (small laugh)
Oh, here comes Ruth.
- I'm not lyin'.
This is gonna be good!
- Next time on Tiny Goat Visits...
- They will likely have a strong response to these guys.
Oh! (laughs)
(upbeat drums)
Oh, goodness.
Oh, boy.
Oh, she sees you.
And she's very excited about it.