There are a lot of misnomers in the world, like "Happy Republican" for instance.

One of the more recent misnomers I found was the "Children's Zoo" section of the San Diego Zoo.

I have no idea why they call it the Children's Zoo because it is anything but a Children's Zoo. The only specific child activity in it is the petting zoo, but I think I saw more adults petting the animals than I did children, so that doesn't really work either.

There are a couple of miniature horses for petting, but they were taking a break, so the children adults were petting the goats, except for this one brave child:

Here are five more pictures of the goats that were being neglected by the children, and as soon as the parents moved away, I got my picture:

Goats (Capra sp.) are among the world's oldest domesticated animals. There are over three hundred distinct breeds, and they are closely related to sheep.

Other interesting things about goats:

1. Female goats are referred to as does or nannies, intact males as bucks or billies; their offspring are kids. Castrated males are wethers. Goat meat from younger animals is called kid or cabrito, and from older animals is sometimes called chevon or mutton.
2. Their milk, meat, hair, skin, and bones have been used in many cultures throughout the world for thousands of years—wine bottles, parchment, tools, building materials.
3. Goat dung is used in many cultures as fuel.
4. Only in the 20th Century did they become personal pets.
5. Genetic analysis supports archealogical evidence that the goat originated in Turkey. It's amazing how DNA analysis can now trace the origin of species, giving great weight to evolution.
6. Both males and females have beards, but beards are not present in all goat species.
7. Does come into heat every three weeks. Hmmm. I had no idea that they had weeks on their calendars. It takes 150 days to push that baby out, though.
8. Contrary to popular opinion, goats will not eat anything. They are inquisitive by nature, though, so sometimes it appears that they are eating something that they are only exploring.
9. Goats are also very intelligent, and are known for finding ways out of their pens, including climbing on, through, under, and over fences.
10. Goats live up to 18 years, although the oldest goat lived to be 24.
11. Most "cat gut" is actually goat intestines. "Cat gut" is used as strings for musical instruments and for surgical sutures.
12. The Greek god Pan had the horns and lower body of a goat.
13. Goats are mentioned many times in the Bible and are consider "clean" under Jewish dietary laws.
14. Christianity has associated Satan with the imagery of goats. Poor goats.
15. On Yom Kippur, the festival of the Day of Atonement, two goats were chosen and lots were drawn for them. One was sacrificed and the other allowed to escape into the wilderness, symbolically carrying with it the sins of the community. There's your "scapegoat."