Camelids! But not camel-camels, like
dromedary or
Bactrian camels. So not
Camelini, but
Lamini. I'm talkin' 'bout llamas, alpacas, guanacos, and vicuñas!
First,
llamas! Did you know that the Latin species name for llamas is
Lama glama? Hahaha, that is ridiculous. Llamas are good pack animals and apparently have
banana ears, lol.
Next is
alpacas! They are smaller than llamas and have more awesome wool, which makes them look all fluffy-luffy fuzzy-wuzzy.
Now for the
guanaco! They are basically the wild counterpart to llamas, and are always brown on top and white on the bottom. Guanaco youngins are called chulengos, which is a super awesome word.
And for last, my favorite - the
vicuña! Vicuñas are like little tiny guanacos, how cute! They have the best camelid-wool of all, but since vicuña fleece is so rare and luxurious, it is super expensive; one yard of vicuña wool costs thousands of dollars. Dammmnnn vicuña, you be fancy!
Hurray for camelids!
