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Ig Nobel win for Alpine 'goat man'
Source: BBC
Ig Nobel win for Alpine 'goat man'
By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent
22 September 2016 Science & Environment
A British man who lived in the Alps as a goat for three days has won one of this year's Ig Nobel prizes.
Tom Thwaites had special prostheses made so he could walk like an animal.
The spoof awards, which are not quite as famous as the real Nobels, were handed out during their annual ceremony at Harvard University, US.
Other studies honoured during the event examined the personalities of rocks, and how the world looks when you bend over and view it through your legs.
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By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent
22 September 2016 Science & Environment
A British man who lived in the Alps as a goat for three days has won one of this year's Ig Nobel prizes.
Tom Thwaites had special prostheses made so he could walk like an animal.
The spoof awards, which are not quite as famous as the real Nobels, were handed out during their annual ceremony at Harvard University, US.
Other studies honoured during the event examined the personalities of rocks, and how the world looks when you bend over and view it through your legs.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37443204
[font size=1]Mr Thwaites found that he soon developed "friends"[/font]
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