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 Fun Facts:• We llamas are very hardy. The biggest and strongest among us is able to carry a load of up to 130 pounds over rugged mountain terrain (16,000 feet) for 18 miles a day! Wow! (I myself can’t do that. I’m not that big, strong, or even interested in performing such feats. Life on a cozy California farm is the life for me!) • Spitting is a llama’s way of saying “bug off!” – usually to another llama. I’ll let you in on a llama secret: There are three different kinds of llama spit. A grain spit, a saliva spit, and a green spit that involves the contents of our stomachs and is as yucky as it sounds. (We save that for the very worst offenses.) The green version of spitting can go 10 to 15 feet! When we do a green spit, both the spitter and the “spittee” usually stand there with their mouths wide open. It looks like we’re in shock from the terrible odor (which we kind of are), but it’s more that we’re trying breathe some less smelly air. • Llamas are very fastidious animals, and a whole herd will go to the bathroom in only a few “potty piles.” This makes it much easier for the herd to graze in clean pastures. I can’t understand why cows, goats, horses, and sheep haven’t figured out this trick. |
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