One of this year’s Ig Nobel prizes has been won by a British man who stayed in the Alps as a goat for more than a couple of days. Tom Thwaites got unique prostheses to have an animal like walk.

Less prominent than real Nobel prizes, the spoof awards were given during their yearly ceremony at Harvard University, US.

At the event many studies were honored, including the ones that examined the personalities of rocks and the appearance of the world when you bend over and take a glance via your legs.

Though all such researches sound silly, they really intended to deal with real life issues, if you examine in detail. Almost all of the science researches appear in peer-reviewed, scholarly journals.

The German carmaker Volkswagen appreciating the point or humor of the IgNobels is unexpected but it has received the chemistry prize for the way it played smart during emissions tests.

The biology prize has been shared by Tom Thwaites, the Goat-man, and a Briton, Charles Foster, who stayed in the wild for notable time in an attempt to understand and experience life from the perspective of an animal. The practice is clearly becoming a countrywide trait at a very high pace.

According to MrThwaites, in the beginning his effort was an attempt to run from modern living stress, but eventually it turned into his passion.

For a year MrThwaites studied the idea, and succeeded in convincing an expert in prostheses, Dr Glyn Heath at Salford University to make a set of goat legs for him.

While talking about the entire venture, MrThwaites gave a fascinating verdict. He made a strong bond with one animal specifically, ‘a goat buddy’ and also came up with a huge confrontation once.