Let's start by
having a look at a family of llamas. Wait a
minute, someone's saying something to me. I'll
see what they want. "What do you
mean? Of course they're llamas.
They aren't? What are they then?
Alpacas? Oh yes, of course. I meant to say
'alpacas' really."
As I was
saying, this is a family of alpacas. They are
very similar to llamas so don't worry if you
can't tell the difference. Even experts get
confused sometimes. The main difference is that
llamas are bigger than alpacas.
There's a baby
in the picture. Baby llamas and alpacas are
called crias. No, not criers -
crias. They do cry, though. Well, it's not
exactly crying, more a sort of mewing. Adults
make a humming sound. Sometimes they almost
seem to be talking.
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