Photo by Diligent Terrier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhen faced with a predator the Alpaca herd will protect itself by kicking and spitting.\u00a0 It sounds like a similar defense that a 7 year old child has against bullies.\u00a0 Just so you know not all Alpacas will spit, however, they are all capable of doing so. The contents of this spit is usually their acidic stomach content, generally a green grassy mix.\u00a0 Occasionally, their spit will just simply be a mixture of air with a little bit of saliva.\u00a0 Personally, I would prefer to be hit with the latter mixture. Actually, I would prefer not to get spit on.<\/p>\n
Alpaca Fast Fact – <\/strong>Most Alpacas do not like to be touched, however, some will tolerate being petted.\u00a0 For the most part many Alpacas will not take kindly to people touching their feet, lower legs and especially their abdomens. I recommend you use caution when you are hanging out with a group of Alpacas.<\/p>\nThat is all for today folks.\u00a0 Mom, Dad and Taylor – I hope you have a great trip to the Alpaca farm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I hope everyone had a great weekend and is looking forward to another exciting week.\u00a0 Today’s Wild Fact is going out to my parents and the most beautiful niece in the world. You see they are planning on taking a trip to visit a local Alpaca farm.\u00a0 I thought it would be a good time to provide them with some information on these domesticated animals. As I mentioned the Alpaca is a domesticated version of a South American camelid.\u00a0 Yes, a camelid is just a fancy way of saying members of the Camelidae family which includes camels (of course) and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[1008,1012,348,1010,1011,4025,1009],"yoast_head":"\n
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