MEMBERS *OWNER* : JAKE *CO OWNER* : SHANE *REAGULAR MEMBERS* : ROCKY, DANIEL, ETHAN, AMY, TERESA, JULIA, BEN WHAT DO WE DO? WE PET LLAMAS, FEED LLAMA, HUG LLAMA, AND SOMETIMES MATE WITH LLAMAS INFORMATION ON LLAMAS LLAMAS ARE ONE OF THR OLDEST DOMESTIC ANIMALS KNOW TO MAN. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE CAMEL FAMILY. THE GENUS LLAMA INCLUDES THE FOUR SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES: VICUNA, GUANACO, ALPACA, AND LLAMA. TRADITIONALLY LLAMAS ARE USED AS PACK ANIMALS; THEY ARE VERY EASY ON THE TRAILS AND THE ENVIROMENT THAT THEY WALK ON BECAUSE OF THEIR PADDED FEET. THEY ARE EASILY TRAINED AND CAN EVEN BE TRAINED TO BE RIDDEN BY SMALL CHILDREN. BESIDES PACK ANIMALS, IN THEIR NATIVE LAND, LLAMAS ARE USED FOR MEAT, MILK, WOOL AND LEATHER. LLAMAS, PARTICULARLY ALTERED MALES, ARE GAINING IN POPULARITY AS GUARD ANIMALS FOR SHEEP AND GOAT FLOCKS OR OTHER HERDS OF ANIMALS. THE PELLETED DROPPINGS MAKE EXCELENT FERTILIZER AND CAN EVEN BE USED AS POTTING SOIL. IN ADDITION THEY ARE USED FOR BREEDING, AS PETS OR COMPANION ANIMALS, DRIVE CARTS, AND FOR FIBER. LLAMA SHOWS HAVE GAINED IN POPULARITY OVER THE YEARS AND ARE AVAILABLE AT MANY COUNTRY AND STATE FAIRS, AS WELL AS SPECIAL LLAMA EVENTS. THE COATS OF BOTH WOOL TYPES MAY BE SHEARED TO PROVIDE FIBER FOR SPINNING OR THE COATS CAN BE BRUSHED REGULARY TO OBTAIN WOOL. THE AVERAGE LIFE SPAND OF A LLAMA IS 15 TO 20 YEARS, HOWEVER SOME INDIVIDUALS HAVE ATTAINED OVER 25 YEARS. *SIZE* : AN ADULT LLAMA WEIGHS BETWEEN 250 - 450 LBS. AVERAGE HIGHT IS 3.5' TO 4' AT THE SHOULDER, FROM 5' TO 6.5' AT THE TOP OF THE HEAD. THEY ARE FULL GROW AT ABOUT AGE 4. *COLOR & WOOL* : LLAMAS PRODUCE TWO KINDS OF WOOL, SINGLED HAIRED AND DOUBBLED HAIR. THE WOOL COMES IN COLORS FROM WHIT TO BLACK, BROWN, GREY, TAN, SPOTTED, WHITE, CREAM, SLIVER GRAY, BROWN GREY, LIGHT BROWN, MEDIUM BROWN, REDDISH BROWN, DARK BROWN, AND BLACK. THE LLAMA SONG LYRICS heres a llama theres a llama and another little llama fuzzy llama funny llama llama llama duck llama llama cheesecake llama tablet brick potato llama llama llama mushrum llama llama llama duck i was once a tree house i lived in a cake but i never saw the way the orange slayed the rak i was only 3 years dead but i told a tail an now listen little child to the safty rail did you ever see a llama kiss a llama on a llama llama's llama taste of llama llama llama duck half a llama twice a llama not a llama farmer llama llama in a car arlam a llama llama llama duck this is how it goes now is it all so old is it made of lemon juice doorknob ankle cold now my song is geeting thin ive ran out of luck time for me to retire no and become a duck