All righty! I’m heading off to Gary, IN to infiltrate the wild llama population. Wild llamas in Northwest Indiana? You bet! According to recent census data, there are roughly 800,000 wild llamas living in Indiana, mostly in the Gary-Valparaiso corridor.
Here are some more staggering llama facts:
- Llamas can talk! They have a language of hums and groans, very similar to Hungarian. Goulash Goulash!
- Millions of years ago, camels and llamas had an enormous turf war. Llamas won! All camels now live in Africa! (This is why llamas and camels are never in the same pens at zoos. They hate each other.)
- Unicorns are actually llamas with horns! I hope I see some unicorns in Indiana!
- Llama fur is edible! You can literally go up to a llama and start eating their fur – it tastes like cotton candy!
Here’s my checklist of things I have to pack for my trip:
- Long microphone & big, black tape recorder
- Video camera & tripod
- Llama scent (so I can attract wild llamas to me)
- Cheese & crackers (in case I don’t like the taste of llama fur)
- Juice boxes
- Press pass
- Llama (Hungarian) phrase book
- Band-aids
Tomorrow I’m off….