A Gillette couple enjoys raising alpacas, a challenging line of work given their stubbornness and tendency to spit, kick and ...

A llama, an alpaca and a passel of sheep are grazing, prescribed grazing, as a better way to manage invasive and exotic ...

alpacas. Llamas make effective guard animals—they’re instinctively alert and sound an alarm when startled, and they sometimes chase or kick at predators. They’re also known to spit when ...

There’s a lot of laughter and plenty of petting at the Mtn Peaks Therapy Llamas & Alpacas farm in Ridgefield, Washington, where visitors interact with a herd of friendly camelids, each about 300 ...

Article continues below According to BBC Wildlife Magazine, there can be several reasons why llamas and their camelid cousins alpacas spit. It is typically used as a warning to other members of ...

According to BBC Wildlife Magazine, there can be several reasons why llamas and their camelid cousins alpacas spit. It is typically used as a warning to other members of the same species such as a ...

Llamas and alpacas are cousins that can cross breed and ... if she is pregnant will intuitively spit in his face to let him know she has conceived. This is called ‘spitting off’ and is a ...

While llamas and their camelid cousins, alpacas, have long had a stronghold ... Miller added that llamas' penchant for spitting is largely exaggerated. She describes Brush Creek Ranch's llamas ...

Whereas llamas were domesticated to work as ... "Nine times out of 10 as alpaca farmers, if we're getting spit on by an animal it's because we got caught in the crossfire between them spitting ...

Or maybe it was just having a bad day and you were an easy target. Llamas and alpacas also spit in various social situations among themselves. An unreceptive female may spit at an unwelcome male ...

Or maybe it was just having a bad day and you were an easy target. Llamas and alpacas also spit in various social situations among themselves. An unreceptive female may spit at an unwelcome male ...