Raining and dull here, but I'm managing a few pictures for later.
Saturday, November 26, 2016
sheep
Driving around last week I was keeping my eye out for critters and barns and fences and such for photos. We don't have many flocks of sheep, so when I spotted this one I stopped. Then I noticed somethling extra!
Can you see it?
Yes, it was a Llama, guarding the sheep.
The sheep just grazed on,
But the Llama stayed with them. I wonder how well Llama sheep guards work?
Raining and dull here, but I'm managing a few pictures for later.
Raining and dull here, but I'm managing a few pictures for later.
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I've seen quite a few lamas around here. There are even some lama farms. I assume they have them for the wool or just an unusual animal on the farm. - Margy
ReplyDeleteThe wool on the llama looks so think! He is alert too. What sound do they make?
ReplyDeleteSupposedly llamas are very effective in keeping coyotes away from sheep -- supposedly.
ReplyDeleteYour weather is the same as ours, we might be a little warmer, raining, cold wind, grey skies, and it surely doesn't feel like the 15.7 Celsius the gauge tells me. I do like the llama on sheep watch.
ReplyDeleteThat was a real find, the llama in with the sheep. Listening to the rain pelt the roof outside, falling ever more heavily. Glad I'm in for the rest of the day. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool.
ReplyDeleteNot raining but dull here in the desert.
this is new to me!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that llamas protected sheep. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to learn of how llamas can protect sheep. I see a number of llama and alpaca herds around my home county (Saratoga County, NY), but I never thought of them as guards. I think some are used as pack animals for hiking in the Adirondacks. They are certainly sheared for their wool.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that llamas could protect sheep. I just thought they were another cute fluffy animal.
ReplyDeleteHello, love the sheep and the llama. The are great guardians. Happy Sunday, enjoy your day and the week ahead!
ReplyDeleteI have heard that they are very protective over their flock:)
ReplyDeleteWe have sheep down the road. Lots of llamas. I love them!
ReplyDeleteI've heard they really dislike canines, so they make for good guards for sheep and cattle in coyote country.
ReplyDeleteI was at school with a girl from Peru. She said llamas spit and kick. So maybe that's what they do if the sheep are threatened? Although I'm guessing that that the kicking would be considerably more useful if a coyote/wolf/sheep rustler attacked.
ReplyDeleteLovely animals to see. I had the opportunity to watch alpacka and llama agility a few weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteI love sheep and the llama is a bonus.
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