Llama Math

Feeding llamas requires the use of addition, division, percentages and decimals. Go figure! These math skills are critical to the health of the hungry, hungry llama—a critter that prefers to overeat! See if you can answer the following questions to keep five llamas perfectly fed. First, here are the weights of each animal as of April 30, 2016: Barack O’Llama weighs …

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Llama-tude

Five llamas are as different as any five people. And it turns out that the five llamas at ShangriLlama’s private zoo near Dallas are so different from one another that they represent all of the eight basic personality types identified in the world’s most famous personality test–the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The basic personality types are: Extroversion Introversion Sensing Intuition Thinking …

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Como T. Llama Goes to Hollywood

Our funniest llama has been cast in an Internet series called “Llama Cop.” This original, live-action show was produced by Starz Digital and Ambitious Media for Starz’ comedy YouTube channel called Union Pool. In the six webisodes, Como T. Llama plays a renegade cop paired with a straight-laced detective trying to solve a crime. For each day of filming, Como …

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How to Greet a Llama

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FRIENDLY LLAMA,   how would you say hello to them? If you wave your hand, he’s likely to think you have a treat. If there’s no treat, the llama will walk away. So how can you engage a llama and make friends with him? Breathe into his mouth! How to greet a llama from The Llamas …

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The Llamas of ShangriLlama

What would you do if your child asked for a dog or a cat or a rabbit or a hamster?  How about a reptile? Many parents would just say yes, and buy the animal at a pet store or from a breeder, or get a free pet at a rescue league or shelter after learning about animal care online. But …

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Llama Tusks

What do these animals have in common with the llama? Pumba ©Disney Musk Deer Pink Elephant Stuffed Wild Boar Narwhals They all have tusks! Did you know that male llamas grow six razor-sharp tusks by the time they are three years old? These are hooked fighting teeth used to fight predators. Llama tusks are usually filed down soon after they …

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Just a Grassy Knoll, Part Two: Llama Playground Opens

Dalai Llama Amuses the Neighbors on His Hill LLAMAS LOVE HILLS. They’ll stake one out and claim it for themselves–until another llama knocks them off their perch. So, of course, Mama Llama wanted her llamas to have their very own hill. But ShangriLlama’s meadow is flat, and adding a hill would mar the pretty view. So Mama Llama canceled her …

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Cowboy Llamas

This year, the llamas received fancy summer haircuts. They now look like cowboys with chaps! Dalai Llama looks like a cross between a llama and a poodle! Como T. Llama shows off his new ‘do with a-t-t-i-t-u-d-e! Barack O’Llama looks the best in his new cowboy get-up. Look closely to find the woolly chaps on Pajama Llama’s hips and shoulders. …

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How Fast Can A Llama Run?

Can a llama outrun its chief predator, the coyote? Can it outrun the fastest human? Which is faster: a llama or a rabbit? Would a roadrunner beat a llama in a race? Many people ask how fast a llama can run. And most people are shocked by the answer: Llamas run 35 to 40 mph! This means that llamas can …

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Drama Llama

Meet Drama Llama

Mama Llama realized she needed to increase the size of her llama pack following recent KTLA Morning News coverage of our private zoo encounter with llamas. So she borrowed a llama from her award-winning trainer. The visiting llama’s given name is Oso, which is Spanish for bear, but it must also mean that he’s Oh-So-Cute. Take a look at this …

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