I don't know if you have the courage to leave everything behind and live a non-human life.
He quit his high-paying job as a graphic designer, cut off his life of intrigue with humans, and went to the Swedish Alps to become a goat.
Maybe in your eyes and me, such people are either crazy or stupid or somewhat abnormal, but there are always people who take the height of life to another level.
In this article, I'll talk about the weird people who live like goats - Thomas Thwaites;
I am me, but not myself
Before doing this, he was a graphic designer, but he didn't find his joy in his work. He is tired of the problems that humans face every day, such as having a bad day in the office, worrying about mortgages, worrying about getting old, and credit card bills, and he is not satisfied with such a life controlled by human participation.
In addition to their own lives, there are war refugees in different corners of the world, where wealth controls the poor.
So, he wanted to explore what life would be like for a creature that was not affected by the worries and frustrations of everyday life.
Based on this idea, he tried to do as much as possible and realistically using the technology that exists today.
In his own words:
"I tried to be a goat to escape the anxieties inherent in being human".
Why goats?
He didn't want to be a goat in the first place, he had thought about being an elephant, but when he studied elephants, he realized that they also had worries, and thought that elephants were one of the only mammals other than humans to grieve about death.
In the end, he chose the goat because the goat has a calm and carefree personality.
He said that the most useful characteristic in modern life is not the ferocity of a bear, nor the perspective of a bird, but something else, perhaps living in the moment.
In order to be able to live the life of a goat realistically, he began designing prosthetic limbs that would allow him to walk on 4 legs.
Below is a photo of one of his early prototypes:
To make his dream a reality, Thomas consulted a number of experts and sought detailed advice on the goat's diet, mental and physical condition. So, he began to meticulously Xi how to move like a goat.
A year later, Thomas traveled to Switzerland to join a herd of goats
He's freed from the shackles of 21st-century human life and ushering in a new life – as a Swiss goat, his only concern is where his next straw will come from.
Speaking of grass, eating grass like a goat is a function that cannot be achieved by a normal human digestive system.
But he said:
"I knew that if I wanted to live like a goat, I had to eat like a goat, and that included grass. ”
We know that animals' digestive systems contain complex bacteria that help them digest grass. But humans can't, so Thomas thought about creating his own artificial digestive system so that he could eat grass like a goat.
So, he began to chew grass like a goat, but instead of swallowing the grass, he spit it into a bag containing a sample of bacteria in the goat's stomach. And this bag has an inner tube and an outer tube from which he can suck the processed grass.
However, this method did not work, and the specialist who advised him told him that if he continued to choose this diet, then he would suffer from a long-term intestinal infection with parasites.
So, at the end of the day, he used a pressure cooker to break the grass and eat it. For such "delicacies", he had this to say:
"It tastes like a very healthy stew, but it's hard to make.
"You have to eat a lot of grass to stay energetic, and that's what makes goats so amazing. ”
In his quest to become a goat, he spent £4,000 on his goat exoskeleton and artificial digestive system.
And all this is slowly moving in a good direction, according to him, the goats have begun to accept him as part of the flock.
He also wrote a book about how he was separated from human life as a "goatman".
What I want to say is that there is really no fixed pattern in life, that is, to experience it, all the ups and downs, all the rights and wrongs, it depends on whether you can understand it and live in the moment. is the same as the title of Wang Shuo's book, and if you are addicted, you will die.