[ti:潮涌海岸 38] [ar:英语听力] [al:] [00:00.00](This might seem)surprising given goats' reputation for eating anything green, [00:03.95]but tea isn't as defenceless as it looks. [00:08.78]Tea leaves are loaded with bitter chemicals designed to repel browsing animals. [00:15.81]It works on the goats, [00:18.72]who leave the tea untouched and instead eat up the weeds, [00:22.90]fertilising the tea plants with their droppings. [00:27.04]The surprise is that we humans should find the same bitter chemical cocktail utterly irresistible.