Llama
Vincent Brady Period 1 May 16, 2016
Habitat
Movement
- Llama's have four legs
- they are animals that like others
- very social beings
- Llamas move in herds
- Llamas can walk 20 miles in a day
Body Covering
Llamas have thick fur/hair and a long neck like a camel but they do not have a hump.
Llama's body has wool fur, the colors they have are black, gray, white or brown, with many patterns. "Llama large nostrils and long ears that are curved inward. .
Diet
Llamas eat lots of things the main three are greens because they need water and nutrients.
Find food on high mountains.
- leaves
- grass
- low shrubs
Reproduction
Adaptations
They have a lot of amounts of red blood cells, and their corpuscles are oval, not rounded. "These adaptations help the llama live in rarefied air. Their teeth and gums developed to clip tough vegetation. They have only one upper incisor; the lower incisors cut plants between them and the upper hard gums." Llamas have an instinct fear of coyotes.
Llamas living among others
Lama call
Llama in mountains
Other Info
Llama has excellent sense of sight, smell and hearing, which are used for detection of potential danger. Llamas have a life span of 15-20 years. They also are warm blooded animals. Llamas have inherited fear of mountain lions and other dog-like animals. Some llamas are used as "guards" of the sheep because they quickly alert and protect the herd when they spot a predator.
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