by David Chapman | Mar 7, 2014 | Fiber, Huacaya Llama, Suri Llama, Things Llama, Uncategorized
The Suri llama looks like the most graceful creature on four legs, due the flow and flounce of its lustrous coat, but that coat comes at a price. Firstly, in a cold or wet climate, the Suri is often less able to maintain normal body temperature and certainly in parts...
by David | Oct 5, 2012 | Creative Spinning, Fibre Dyeing & Soap Felting, Things Llama, Workshops
The last two months have been amongst the most challenging I can remember and this was reflected in our need to cancel one workshop recently and even to not making the effort to promote the one before that, on Mega Knitting. Thank you all for your understanding when...
by David | Apr 30, 2012 | Animals, Factlets, Things Llama
Camelids have prehensile lips, meaning they have the ability to grip things with their finger-like lips. Llamas, alpacas, camels, vicunas and guanacos have a cleft or split in the upper lip that enables them to manoeuvre grass and twigs, rotate them and even to draw...
by David | Apr 6, 2012 | Animals, Caring For Animals, Things Llama, Video
Digging through our photographic archive, I found this short video clip and thought it would make a nice little camelid cameo. Although Llamas in the Raw is not a registered charity, several of our llamas are rescued animals, adopted or collected from people who no...
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