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Originally Posted by Fish
LOL, goats....
Why are goats not allergic to poison ivy?
We don't really know.
Do you have any theories?
If you look at the world population of goats, which is about 937 million, 95 percent of them are within the tropics, north and south of the equator. So they evolved in very arid areas and basically had to survive on plants that contained noxious compounds. So goats evolved this ability to detoxify noxious compounds much better than cattle or sheep [can]. I think that's one of the reasons.
If a goat ate poison ivy, could I catch poison ivy from that goat's milk?
Some people have had concern that whatever compound [a goat ate] would be passed into the milk. But it's not.
So bring on the goats!
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I'm immune to poison ivy. Or at least not sensitive to it like others.
Discovered it as a kid playing in the woods near our house. Everyone of my friends got it. I didn't. So we went back and I rolled my arm in it. Nothing. Told my parents, accused me of lying. Took then down there and walked through it and pulled it up with my hands. Nothing happened. Parents told the doctor on the next visit. He didnt believe it either, dismissed it out of hand, Said my parents must think another plant is poison ivy, told them about the other kids getting it from the same plant, he said your mistaken no human is immune from poison ivy.
Last time I ran into to it was at the in-laws farm clearing out brush and land. Was clearing out an area, The people I was with started yelling thats poison ivy, get out of there. Nothing happened but did have gloves on.