A goat named Arshavin lives in the Leningrad Region. The horned animal received this big name for a reason. Immediately after birth, his owners saw on his left side, covered with dark wool, a white number "10".
Its owners, farmers Vladimir and Natalya, are longtime fans of Zenit, they know the players and follow the fate of the players.
- When we saw this figure, we immediately remembered about the famous striker of our team Andrei Arshavin, this is his number! - Vladimir recalls.
When it came time to draw up the documents, the kid needed to be given a name. The kid was recorded by Arshavin.
He has his own VIP stall, and he can only talk with his relatives through the partition. A young goat is not indifferent to goats and is ready to give his love to everyone.
A unique animal with the number "10" on the right side in the mini-zoo of a resident of the Leningrad region Vladimir appeared in March this year. The Twig goat brought offspring - three little kids.
- Two were absolutely ordinary, but the third … We immediately saw that a white number "10" was visible on the delicate gray fur. There was no need to invent a nickname. Where this figure came from, I don't know. The twig is a common gray goat, we introduced her to two suitors; both alleged fathers had no markings.
Usually goats, if the owners are not going to leave them to increase the offspring, are castrated at the age of one month.
“We castrated Arshavin's brothers without hesitation, but we decided to keep him,” says Vladimir. - Still a rare specimen. The kid grows up, and the number "10" is getting bigger and clearer. What if his offspring will be with numbers?
The character of the young goat Arshavin is good, the appetite is excellent - he is not picky, he eats everything he is fed. But most of all he loves bread, which is periodically treated by its owner.
- Arshavin is not keen, but what a womanizer! - says Vladimir. - He is only 9 months old, and he already jumps on all our goats, even molested his own mother. Therefore, we keep it separately. But if you gape, you forget to lock the gate, and you will surely run away! And our Arshavin runs no worse than his namesake on the football field.
While young Arshavin - a curly-haired young goat - eats well, runs around the corral and looks at the goats. The owners are not going to let this unique pet eat.
- We had an idea to present our Arshavin to footballer Andrey Arshavin, - says Vladimir. - But he is a busy man, and where should he keep the goat? You need to look after him, feed him. And we love our pet. He seems to have us too. He responds to his name and eats from his hands with pleasure.
Expert commentary - Vyacheslav Komov, biologist:
- I saw this goat, an exceptional animal. This is extremely rare in nature. Most likely, there was a random distribution of genes that affected the color. It is not known whether the pattern will repeat in the offspring.