Information about llama

Llama is from a family of large camelid that originated in North America about 40 million years ago and migrated llama to South America and Asia about 3 million years ago, and by the end of the age Last ice age (10, 000-12, 000 years ago) this family became extinct in North America, starting in 2007, there were over 7 million llama walbakas in South America.

Because of import from South America in the late 20th century, there are now more than 100, 000 from llama, 6, 500-7, 000 the alpaca (mammals with hoof) in the United States and Canada.
The term llama is sometimes used more broadly to refer to any of the four animals who are closely connected with each other and that make up the South American branch of the alkamilida family which includes Llamas, alpaca and vicuña guanaco.

And a way to differentiate between a llama and I think those are Alpacas animal is that llama is bigger and a head stretched out more, and I think those are Alpacas animal also has more than wool llama, llama sharper visual difference between And camels so that beauty has the hump either llama has no hump and llama was used by indigenous people of the Andes and others in South America for the production of fiber and meat.

Characteristics of llama:

Rising up llama full size between 5.5 feet (1.6 meters) to 6 feet (1.8 meters) until the top of the head, and can weigh between llama 280 lb (127 kg) up to 450 pounds (204 kilograms) at birth, can weigh a baby llama (called "alkorea") between 20 lbs (9. Kg) and 30 pounds (14 kg).

As for the llama ears are somewhat long and well known banana llama does not have any hump back, has narrow feet and toes are more chapters than in the beauty and features Llama with short tail and long fibers, wool and soft.

Llama behavior:

Llama is an animal very clever and very easy in your training, you will learn and remember the many skills, you can train the llama to do lots of things as trained to get in and out of The car can also be trained to pull cart or carry Pack, llama animals so the friendly but they need a special kind of company.

And llama is a very nice animal, timid as he very strange animal, llama quiet in nature and his sense of sound, making it easy for anyone, even children handle, llama from Very interesting animals where you'd enjoy doing many things with him, however, shtgd that most llamas do not seek affection and prefer not to handle it excessively.

Llama and communicating with each other through the ear, body language, spitting and buzz, llama usually spits out only at other llamas to hegemony but don't spit on people, usually Be the spitting is a defense mechanism, however, we find that the llama usually preferred to flee than confront the supposed aggressor, thinks that this is partly due to the shy disposition.

The noise sounds llama is often the sign of fear or anger, but generally herd animals llama is very social, and sometimes spit on each other. As a means of disciplining llama least arranged in the herd, and the herd social llama rank are not fixed start, llama can always move up or down the social ladder By small battles.

Llama battles are always visually dramatic with spitting, they beat each other with their chest, neck wrestling and kicking, usually looks at the battles of llama that control over the members of the herd. Others.

Llama mating:

When the female llama aged 12 to 18 months be ready for parenting and mating, either male llama reaching sexual maturity in about 18 to 24 months of age, animal Llamas has no heat cycle, females llama could give birth any time of year, either by the time overhead is 50 days is the average time of pregnancy.

The female usually gives birth to one baby llama named Kriya without help from anyone, and give birth to her calf during daylight hours in a stand and usually you care after birth for up to about 90 minutes, Average weight of Kriya at birth from 18 to 35 lbs, and rarely have the female twins, either at the time of weaning, usually 5 months of age, depending on the overall health of the applet.

The sound effects for the llama:

Herd llamas communicated through a variety of voices, exporting to look similar to humming people and is the main method of communication, and the sound of humming llama be unlike humans, issued when Be tired, dazed, or worry that mothers could also greets her new baby with this sound, whirring sound is used for many different reasons.

And when it looks like llama like someone pushing his tongue from the roof of his mouth down his mouth, looks like he's doing it for a new greeting on an animal or another Lama when flirting with a female llama, if an animal Llama sounds like a gurgling, we find that this sound is monitored by approaching male-female mating sound will continue even after the completion of intercourse, the llama a sound. Rhythmic high-pitched sound when feeling threatened or disturbed by something, and uses this voice to alert others in the herd when they encounter a predator.