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// 09/09/23// (Teo's birthday! pt. 3, the end) I touched a capybara!!! And a goat, a coati and many other animals <3 literally the best weekend ever and everything with him, I'm really grateful
I was at this little cottage in the middle of a field. The old lady who lived at this cottage was teaching me and a couple of other people how to do calculus. She said that it was time for a break and that we will be eating outside. So we all go outside and she sits next to me. We all take out our food and start eating, looking out over the beautiful horizon. The wind was gently pushing the grassy fields, bird were lightly chirping, and all seemed right in the world.
Then I look up to I see these creatures.
They are standing on two legs and walking really weird. They aren't hurting anyone just look really creepy. Upon further inspection I realize they are UNICORNS. FUCKING UNICORNS! The old lady then turns to me and goes. OH here goes Angelia.
OUT. OF. NOWHERE. Angelia comes out on the back of a llama that is hopping like a bunny and starts to surround the fucking unicorns. The unicorns get freaked out and start RUNNING back to the forest. Like a human would.
The old lady then turns to me and says “DiDn’T YoU KnOW UniCOrns aRE AFraId of LlaMas?”
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Once I have enough VRAM, I'll do it and never leave my basement again.
As God is my witness, I will never tire of seeing Special Agent Dale Cooper being briefly inconvenienced by a llama.
Special Agent Dale Cooper meets a llama, and they stare into each others’ souls. (Twin Peaks, season 1, “The One-Armed Man”)
The Llama Party - Character Designs
For a project I had to do at school
Happy Birthday, Beautiful! A cute fluffy pink llama bringing joy to llama-lovers on their birthday! 💗🌵 Part of my new greeting cards collection that will (hopefully) be released by the end of the year - stay tuned!)
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Full disclosure, I didn't make this llama.
[Image ID: A photo of my felt doll of Carla Delgado from Elena of Avalor, riding a small, fluffy, beige, llamas stuffy I bought at a carnival. They are on a brown table with a white wall in the background. On the table there are various semi precious gemstones and a small metal duck. End ID]
Llama.
I think this is great art and we should all remember Llamas are kind of weird looking. I do feel bad about saying that though.
Llama - Wyoming, 2017
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Introducing the Alpaca: a new release coming soon to my club. The animal with the best quality wool in the world where are the indigenous people from Peru who fairly enough have the monopoly of the business. In other words, no other big company has taken over. Peruvians protect, as other countries do, what belongs to them. Awesome! Check out more about this animal in my club. Become a member here: Un/Vei/Ling the largest Mammal encyclopedia in the making.
The poster of the Camelidae family. What I like from this work is that I can see the improvement of my illustration. From the time that I began to now, I have put more attention to detail an accuracy keeping in mind that subspecies differences are often very small. I love what I am doing and I love to share it with all of you.
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Vicuña The last species of the family and the smallest too. And like many small things it is also the most precious treasure. The wool of the vicuña is among the most expensive textiles worldwide. A meter square can reach an impressive $3000 US. being mostly exclusive for the most prestigious high couture brands in the world.
In a move that I found very smart from the governments where the animal can be found, is that the exportation of these animals is strictly prohibited making these countries the only ones who can manage the vicuña’s wool business. Good for them!
Once widespread in millions, it was vastly hunted when the conquerors discovered America (A repeated story), until 1950 where its numbers plumped to mere 10.000. Today is heavily protected and its situation is stable. However, Scientist state that its stable population depends of the different laws of protection. If those laws would be lifted, the animal will be at the brick of extinction in just five years.
The next family is a very grumpy cute looking giant.
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I’ve been improving the illustrations of the animals making it more realistic in order for the information to be clearer. Can you tell the difference of these ones compare to the previous ones?
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The Guanaco is a smaller member of the camelidae family also inhabits the andes in South America.
The information found about this animal is a little bit confusing. While some pages put the animal in an endangered status, some others put it in a Least Concern status. However looking at the numbers of some of the subspecies, I came to the conclusion that it might be a endangered species.
Another issue was that some pages state that it is composed by four subspecies, some other just recognized two ( Guanaco and Guanaco Norteño) saying that the differences are not yet proved and the distribution is unclear.
This just proves how much is still to be done in the animal kingdom and how easy can become a topic of controversy among biologist. Time will give the reason to either of the two theories while some other questions surely arise. Fascinating!
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Alpaca The beginnings of the Alpaca is more related to the Vicuña but it has been recently breed with Llamas. It’s domestication is been happening for thousand years and contrary to the Llama who was domesticated as a working animal and wool provider, the Alpaca is been domesticated exclusively for its wool, which can be used extensively.
As common as it is now, the Alpaca was at the brick of the extinction in the 1500′s when the Spanish discovered America. They decimated the species at the point that it was believed extinct. However, the animal move to higher altitudes, where later, in the XIX century was rediscovered. As a domestic animal, today can be seen everywhere in the world. It’s domestication and maintenance is not difficult.
The differences between the two breeds are remarkably visible.
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Unlike the horses, this time is different. If Asia has camels as war machines, South America has its equivalent: The Llama.
I don’t think there is any other animal that involves cultural symbolism, evolution of a civilization and an inexhaustible source as the Lama for the Inca culture. This animal was vital in the bloomed of Inca’s civilization.
Its wool made them capable to conquer highs that were unthinkable in any other way, not just because its endurance but because its wool that protect Incas from the freezing temperatures.
Regarded also as a noble symbol, Incas were often buried with llamas and one of it’s Gods, Urcuchillay, was depicted as a Llama.
Probably it’s only enemy are the pumas, making this animal, as the camel, an infalible machine against nature. Studying this family made think of how hard can be for life to thrive in certain conditions. It makes feel as is nature is really testing its inhabitants in a fearfully battle for survival, where the loser, the one that cannot adapt will be invariably, extinct.
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Let me introduce you to one of the strongest family, the Camelidus. I still remember vividly the first time I saw a camel in my life. I was no more than ten years old and I couldn’t believe my eyes how massive this animals are. Somehow I got amazed. How awkward it feels by its long extremities that seem they don’t have full control. Or the unmanageable long neck that is crowned for a head that I’m sure was the idea for many monsters of Star Wars. At first glance, it look like if many mistakes came together to create this animal.
However, how wrong I was. If there is an animal that defy nature in its extremes conditions, it will be the camel and its relatives. They can live literally everywhere. From the coldest to the hottest, and can flourish even when abundance is limited. Excellent distance devourers and the best administrating water. Their sight is exceptional and can run at a formidable speed. Their bodies are made to take the best from the worst the environment can provide.
If the horse was crucial in human evolution, the taming of the camel I’d like to think was rather smart. A living tank where locomotive transportation wasn’t even a coarse sketch, that provides more than the indispensable to survive in the worst conditions. ___
Wild Bactrian Camels where thought to be just feral Camels that escaped to the wild. However, further genetic studies proved that is a different species that diverged from the Bactrian Camel more than a million years ago.
It is critically endangered and is recognized as the eighth most endangered large mammal in the world, remaining no more than 1400 specimens in the wild. Illegal hunting, habitat destruction, hybridization with domestic camels, and the competence for resources with domestic stock are some of the main threats for this animal.
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