 Although golden takins do not have skin glands, their skin secretes an oily, bitter-tasting substance that acts as a natural raincoat in storms and fog.Its skin is also said to be the source of the legend of the Golden Fleece.The golden takin (pronounced tah-kin) is a large, muscular, hoofed mammal sometimes referred to as a goat-antelope, as it possesses similar traits to goats and antelope, and is most closely related to sheep, aoudad, or Barbary sheep of North Africa.