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General Llama Links:

Wikipedia – Broad overview of llamas touching on reproduction, behavior, and history.

Llama.org – What do you do with a llamas?

Llama Life – News magazine for llamas welfare, events, care, and marketing.

Llama Trivia – Extensive archive of llama signs, cartoons, stamps, post cards, toys, and more.

Llama Web – What you should consider before buying a llama.

Llamapaedia – Glossary of llama terms.

National Geographic – Llama introduction.

The Backcountry Llama – Publishes stories about llama trips, packing hints, recipes for meals, issues and general stories of interest to llama packers.

Llama News from Google

Wikipedia: The llama (Lama glama) is a South American camelid, widely used as a pack and meat animal by Andean cultures since pre-hispanic times. In popular culture llamas are mostly associated with the Incans.

The height of a full-grown, full-size llama is between 1.7 meters (5.5 ft) and 1.8 meters (6 ft) tall at the top of the head. They can weigh between approximately 130 kilograms (280 lb) and 200 kilograms (450 lb). At birth, a baby llama (called a cria) can weigh between 9.1 kilograms (20 lb) and 14 kilograms (30 lb). Llamas are very social animals and like to live with other llamas as a herd. Overall, the fiber produced by a llama is very soft and is naturally lanolin free. Llamas are intelligent and can learn simple tasks after a few repetitions. When using a pack, llamas can carry about 25% to 30% of their body weight for several miles...READ MORE >>

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