Animal profile
Llamas is the common name for the organism show below. The scientific name is Lama glama.
Pictures
ON THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT THERE IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN GOATS AND LLAMAS. WHY GOATS? GOATS ARE ANIMALS THAT ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO EACH OTHER. GOATS MAINLY CONTROL NORTH AMERICA, ASIA, AND AUSTRALIA. IN EUROPE, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND SOUTH AMERICA LLAMAS ARE DOMINANT OVER GOATS IN THE REGIONS. IN AFRICA GOATS ARE A LITTLE MORE DOMINANT OVER LLAMAS. ONE THING THAT PUTS GOATS AHEAD OF THE LLAMAS IS THAT GOATS ARE REPRESENTED AS GREEN ARE REPRESENTED IN ALL REGIONS. FOR LLAMAS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, AND AUSTRALIA HAVE NO RED/PINK MEANING THAT GOATS ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE POPULAR THAN LLAMAS.
Interdependence
LAMAS FIT IN TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN WITH OTHER ANIMALS THAT ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO IT SUCH AS GOATS. GOATS ARE NOT QUITE AS TALL BUT BOTH THE LAMA AND GOAT LIVE ALMOST THE SAME LIFE. MOST LAMAS LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND GRASSLANDS. THIS IS PRIMARILY IN SOUTH AMERICA IN MAINLY PERU. YES YOU CAN FIND LAMAS IN OTHER PLACES SUCH AS AMERICA BUT THEY ARE MOST COMMON IN SOUTH AMERICA, PERU. SOME TIMES YOU CAN'T EXACTLY TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LAMA AND AN ALPACA BECAUSE THEY LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. LAMAS ARE ALMOST DOUBLE IN WEIGHT, TENDS TO BE MORE BRAVE, USUALLY STRONGER AND CAN CAN CARRY MORE, CAN SERVE AS HERD GUARDS. ALPACAS ARE USUALLY VERY SHY, ARE MADE MORE OF A PET BECAUSE THEY CAN LEARN TRICKS, AND ALPACAS ALSO USUALLY NEED MORE PROTECTION THAN LAMAS. RISING SUN EXOTICS TELLS US THAT IN A PACK OF ALPACAS LAMAS ARE THE PROTECTORS AGAINST PREDATORS.
flow of energy
LLAMAS ARE HERBIVORES MEANING THAT THEY ARE PRIMARY CONSUMERS AND THEY ONLY EAT PLANTS. LLAMAS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CARNIVORES ABOVE THEM AND FOR THE PLANTS BELOW THEM. IF THE LLAMAS WERE NOT THERE THE CARNIVORES WOULD HAVE LESS FOOD TO EAT AND THIS WOULD SET OFF THE FOOD CHAIN. IF THE LLAMAS DID NOT EAT THE PLANTS THE PLANTS COULD OVERPOPULATE AND NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE THE SUNLIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO EXTINCTION OF PLANTS, THEN THE ORGANISMS OF THE EARTH. THIS WOULD BE BAD SO THE FOOD CHAIN REQUIRES LLAMAS TO SURVIVE.
sucession
THE LLAMAS HAVE SURVIVED THE EARTH FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND ARE STILL POPULAR THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY OF PERU. THERE ARE ABOUT SEVEN MILLION LLAMAS THAT LIVE IN PERU TODAY. LLAMAS ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO ALPACAS MEANING THAT THEY SHARE SOME OF THE SAME CHANGES. MIGRATION OF LLAMAS TO AMERICA AND CANADA WAS SUCCESSFUL CHANGE BECAUSE CURRENTLY THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND LLAMAS LIVING IN THOSE AREAS. THE LLAMAS HAVE ADAPTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HAVE BECAME A PART OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FOOD CHAIN.
Human impact
HUMANS HAVE ALTERED THE WAY LLAMAS LIVE. LLAMAS NATURALLY LIVE IN PERU IN SOUTH AMERICA. HUMANS HAVE TAKEN LLAMAS FROM THEIR LAND AND SCATTER THEM AROUND THE WORLD AND THEY SUFFER. THE LLAMAS HAVE TO ADAPT TO THE LANDS JUST SO THAT THEY CAN SURVIVE. THIS IS UNFAIR THAT HUMANS TAKE LLAMAS AND REMOVE THEM FROM THEIR HOMELANDS JUST SO THAT THEY CAN USE THEM FOR FOOD AND OTHER THINGS THAT HUMANS NEED.
Plant adaptations
ONE ADAPTATION THAT PLANTS MUST HAVE IS THE OXYGEN LEVELS. LLAMAS DON'T NEED AS MUCH OXYGEN AS SAY HUMANS DO. LLAMAS PRODUCE A UNIQUE BLOOD TYPE THAT REQUIRES ALMOST NO OXYGEN SINCE LLAMAS USUALLY LIVE SO FAR IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE THERE IS ONLY FORTY PERCENT OXYGEN LEVELS. THE PLANTS MUST ADAPT TO BOTH THE LLAMAS LOW INPUT OF OXYGEN AND LOW OUT PUT OF CARBON DIOXIDE, AND THAT THERE IS LOWER OXYGEN LEVELS. THE PLANTS MUST ADAPT SO THAT THEY DON'T PRODUCE AS MUCH OXYGEN AND TAKE IN LESS CARBON DIOXIDE.
A SECOND ADAPTATION IS THAT ALL LLAMAS EAT IS PLANTS. PLANTS THAT LIVE HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LLAMAS AND OTHER ANIMALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EATEN BUT THE PLANTS MUST STILL SURVIVE. THE PLANTS MUST REPRODUCE IN ORDER TO KEEP THEIR SPECIES ALIVE. FOR THE AMOUNT OF LLAMAS IN PERU THEY MAY HAVE TO REPRODUCE MORE THAN THE ONES IN BRAZIL. THIS ENTIRELY DEPENDS ON THE ANIMALS.
ANOTHER ADAPTATION THAT PLANTS MUST MAKE IS THAT LLAMAS NEED LITTLE WATER SO THEY CAN EAT A VARIETY OF PLANTS FROM DRY TO DRENCHED IN WATER. LLAMAS WILL EAT ANY PLANT THAT THEY CAN FIND SO ALL PLANTS MUST BE READY TO BE EATEN. ALPACAS NEED THE WATER FROM PLANTS SO THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT DIET THAT THE LLAMA.
A SECOND ADAPTATION IS THAT ALL LLAMAS EAT IS PLANTS. PLANTS THAT LIVE HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LLAMAS AND OTHER ANIMALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EATEN BUT THE PLANTS MUST STILL SURVIVE. THE PLANTS MUST REPRODUCE IN ORDER TO KEEP THEIR SPECIES ALIVE. FOR THE AMOUNT OF LLAMAS IN PERU THEY MAY HAVE TO REPRODUCE MORE THAN THE ONES IN BRAZIL. THIS ENTIRELY DEPENDS ON THE ANIMALS.
ANOTHER ADAPTATION THAT PLANTS MUST MAKE IS THAT LLAMAS NEED LITTLE WATER SO THEY CAN EAT A VARIETY OF PLANTS FROM DRY TO DRENCHED IN WATER. LLAMAS WILL EAT ANY PLANT THAT THEY CAN FIND SO ALL PLANTS MUST BE READY TO BE EATEN. ALPACAS NEED THE WATER FROM PLANTS SO THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT DIET THAT THE LLAMA.
Animal's physical and behaviroral adaptions
THE ADAPTIONS WILL DEPEND ON WHAT ENVIRONMENT THE LLAMAS LIVE IN. THE LLAMA IS UNIQUE FROM HEAD TO TOE WITH THEIR SPECIAL BEHAVIORS. EACH FOOT IS MADE OF TWO TOES, EACH TOES HAVE A TOENAIL AND A PAD. SINCE LLAMAS LIVE HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS THEY HAVE HIGH AMOUNTS OF HEMOGLOBIN WITHIN THEIR BLOOD TO SUPPORT FOR THE LOW AMOUNTS OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD. WHEN AN ANIMAL ATTACKS, LLAMAS HAVE THICK FUR SO IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO BE BITTEN. LLAMAS EYES ARE ON THE SIDE OF THEIR HEAD THUS ENABLING THEM TO SEE FROM ALL SIDES SO IT IS HARDER FOR THEIR PREY TO ATTACK THEM. LLAMAS CAN RUN UP TO SPEEDS OF 40 MPH (MILES PER HOUR) MAKING THEIR PREDATORS TO HAVE A MUCH HARDER TIME CATCHING THEM. LLAMAS CAN SPIT LONG DISTANCES SO THEY CAN GET THEIR SPIT IN THEIR EYE AS A SORT OF ESCAPE TACTIC TO PROTECT FROM PREDATORS.