Llamas and Alpacas

Varmints!

Llamas and Alpacas!

The chief Soapy Madams drama llamas switch gears and talk about those adorable real llamas (and alpacas) on this week’s show!

But first the news!

Is this the greatest job in the world? Yes. Yes it is. Courtesy of lovinturksandcaicos.com:

Knock Knock!
Who’s there?
Alpaca.
Alpaca who?
Alpaca bag and buy a ticket and be right there after I quit the rest of my life.

Ruminate over how alpacas eat and digest! It’s super interesting! Courtesy of http://alpacasofmontana.blogspot.com:

That spiral colon is weirdly kind of cool though.

How do llamas and alpacas survive in such high altitudes? ADAPTATIONS that’s how! Courtesy of torontozoo.com and brittanica.com:

♫ Climb every mountain… ♫

Llamas and alpacas: Just as smart as they need to be. No more. No less. Courtesy of nottingham.ac.uk:

They really look like they don’t care either way.

The always helpful Reese and Cyrus from Nintendo’s Animal Crossing series of games:

Kuzco from the hilarious animated movie “The Emporer’s New Groove”! Courtesy of YouTube user Susie Harrison:

Alpaca: the other red meat! Courtesy of modernfarmer.com:

In the food box!

Beware of guard alpacas! Courtesy of thatsfarming.com:

On the lookout!

Alpacas sure do know how to make a racket! What does it mean? Courtesy of modernfarmer.com:

VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARMINTS!

Now you know even more about llamas and alpacas than you did this morning! What do you think of them? We want to hear from you! Send us your suggestions for animals you’d like to hear us talk about, or just drop us a line about anything at [e-mail]! We might even read your email on the show.

Your feedback is always welcome!

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All music is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Featured image “05_Machu Picchu Llama” was taken by motodraconis and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

About our voice actors:

Kari McGinnis runs Blazing Caribou Studios and is a co-host on the podcasts Feast On History and Trivia Geeks Live.

Chris Braaten runs the Podfix Network and is a co-host on More Gooder Than.

Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.

Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)

Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.

Andrea Freitas runs the A Measured Life blog and is a co-host on the Feast On History podcast.

Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,

and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe.