Llamas

Llamas are a domesticated animal and the creative depictions thereof. They are domesticated from guanacos.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9374512/ However scientifically they are sometimes given there own species name, Lama glama. Often, relatives of the llama will also be called llamas, sometimes by mistake. 
Since the immigrant wave of the 2000s in the United States, llamas crept into United States culture. They are a bit glamorous, but mostly in a joking way. Like their relative the camel, they may be portrayed with pretty eyelashes. They became an important part of the mid-internet's humor culture. Deviantart took up Llama badges for important users (I think). In the movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius llamas were portrayed as a petting zoo animal that his side kick really liked, and he got to wear a "I pet a llama badge" and also ride them outside of the petting zoo's normal function. Llamas were considered to be a slightly funny animal that some people obsessed over. Refencing the sidekick's name an animation featuring two llamas, one sociopathic, also hit Youtube and became a common voice for crack videos from other fandom's and their clips.
In real life llamas are still somewhat common and have a function as wool produces. Their products are used now, sometimes specifically for a certain market. In Colorado and other mountainous states llamas and their cousins the alpacas are grown for their wool and for the image they give the farmer. They are not used for their meat as they historically once were. Some people use llamas, especially neutered males, as guard animals for other smaller animals, relying on the llamas height and aggressiveness to hopefully scare intruders and predators away.
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Category:Llamas
Category:Lama glama