From Llamas to Labs

Fun Facts About Llamas 

• Contrary to popular belief, llamas are very curious, friendly, and social creatures.

• Llamas make very soft wool, can grow up to 6 feet tall, and weigh up to 600 pounds.

• Llamas make great farm guards!  They will protect other livestock from feral dogs and coyotes. It is estimated that the cost of caring for a llama is less than that of the livestock that would otherwise be lost.  This also protects the lives of natural predators as the llama merely chases them away vs other livestock protective means such as hunting and trapping.

EASY BRO!

While llamas are friendly and social creatures, when they are with their own kind, they love to neck-wrestle, spit, and kick at each other. 

If a young llama is bottle-feed, over-domesticated, or over-socialized, as it matures, it will treat its human handlers as if they were other llamas by, you guessed it, spitting, kicking, and neck wrestling! 

If trained and socialized at the right age, it is rare for a llama to spit at a human. They will spit at each other in their own social hierarchies to maintain the herd. However, they do care for one another and will hum to communicate with each other.