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11th Sep 2013

Pic: You’ve goat to be kidding? Goat sells for $3.6 million in Saudi Arabia

There are the men who stare at goats and then there are the men who spend millions on them...

Oisin Collins

There are the men who stare at goats and then there are the men who spend millions on them…

According to reports, a businessman in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh recently sold a prized goat for a staggering 13 million Riyals, which is roughly $3.6 million.

It’s not great, but here’s a pic of the million dollar goat in question…

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Is it just us, or does the goat look a tad sick?

Anyway, while the money seems a tad ridiculous, a goat expert said the goat in question was “of a rare bread” and it did possess some very sought after qualities.

We’re not entirely sure what the amazing qualities are, but we’re fairly sure the goat is a quality money laundering scheme…

Via Al-Arabiya

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