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This was one of the Llamas on a ranch in the Cochrane Wildlife Preserve/Water Valley, where we conducted a Christmas Bird Count on 29th December. Farmers sometimes keep a Llama on their property to keep away the Coyotes. Just look at those gorgeous eyelashes : )

"Llamas appear to have originated from the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. They migrated to South America and Asia about 3 million years ago. By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago) camelids were extinct in North America. As of 2007, there were over 7 million llamas and alpacas in South America and, due to importation from South America in the late 20th century, there are now over 100,000 llamas and 6,500–7,000 alpacas in the US and Canada." From Wikipedia.