Yesterday we let some alpacas out of one field into the next field along, which I understand is OK because they are essentially both the same field, we just put a gate in a while back to control the grazing more. The alpacas were keen to get to the new grass, but there's a tiny stream in the way which they felt the need to leap extravagantly. Here is a picture my dad took of a leaping alpaca:
She has her front feet nicely together, like a showjumper. Four of the babies decided that this wasn't what they wanted at all and while the rest of the herd disappeared up onto the hill my parents and I chased them round and round trying to get them across the stream. They looked to be having quite a lot of fun, until eventually one of the mothers trotted back and bad-temperedly herded her cria across.
Apparently this little gang is well-known for being trouble. I'll try to record the sound of them going meep at some point and put it up. They do the most brilliant shrieking yodel when distressed -- it would make a great ringtone -- but it seems mean to distress them just in order to annoy people on trains.
She has her front feet nicely together, like a showjumper. Four of the babies decided that this wasn't what they wanted at all and while the rest of the herd disappeared up onto the hill my parents and I chased them round and round trying to get them across the stream. They looked to be having quite a lot of fun, until eventually one of the mothers trotted back and bad-temperedly herded her cria across.
Apparently this little gang is well-known for being trouble. I'll try to record the sound of them going meep at some point and put it up. They do the most brilliant shrieking yodel when distressed -- it would make a great ringtone -- but it seems mean to distress them just in order to annoy people on trains.
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