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Llama

Llamas are relatives of Camel and Alpaca. They have long strong hind legs, Llama’s focus color is usually brown or white on their body . They are mammals and are very furry on the outside of their body. Llamas are usually not a aggressive animals but they can get very angry. They have a long slender neck. Why does a Llama belong to the the mammal family? Because they are relative to the camel.
The habitat of a Llama is the Andes mountains in Peru south America. But many of them have been imported to different countries. eg. New Zealand. Llamas usually live on mountains or grasslands.
The Llama is herbivorous. In the wild Llamas feed on grass and hay also fruit and vegetables such as broccoli ,lettuce,sweet potato, carrots and apples. Llamas can eat 4.5 kg to 5.4 kgs of food a day that might sounds a lot but not for a Llama.





Llamas usually live for about 20 years. When at the right age the female Llama releases an egg. Llama's gestation period is 350 days.


A baby llama is called a cria. An adult Llama can weight up to 130- 200 kg
A baby on the other hand can weight up to 18 kg when born. The Llama is part of the camelids family. There are now numbers of up 158,000 Llamas in our word.