Living outside of the city limits can be interesting at times. Because there are no city ordinances, unusual occurences are not rare. For example, there are the people who like to harvest tires…
or cars….
I am not sure what fertilizer they use, but they do seem to grow bigger every year.
Anyway, I thought I had seen it all when, yesterday, I pulled off the highway onto the road that leads to my house and I did a double take.
There were two llamas in one of my neighbor’s yard! Not ONE, but TWO!
Did I take a wrong turn somewhere and end up in South America?
Okay, once my surprise wore off, I started thinking….is some people’s lifelong dream to own llamas or do they just get up one morning and say, “Hey, I think I’ll go out and buy a llama today.”
This isn’t a decision to take lightly. The lifespan of a llama is 20 to 25 years. I’m sure glad I’m not on the receiving end of that estate!
The height of a full-grown, full-size llama is between 1.7 meters (5.5 ft) and 1.8 meters (6 ft) tall at the top of the head. They can weigh between approximately 130 kilograms (280 lb) and 200 kilograms (450 lb).
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