Monday, October 20, 2014
the Goofy one
Over the course of my observations I have witnessed a sudden change of attitude in one of the llamas. Recently I have noticed more similarities between the white llama and my dog than any of the other animals on the field behind my home. This particular llama's days are just like any other, they consist of eating, sleeping, and wondering around aimlessly, but this llama has been acting strange, in a good way I suppose. His mood seems to be a lot more positive and quirky. Every once and a while I will find him rolling around in dirt for the sake of not being clean, or scratching his face with a wooden post and a look of utter satisfaction. It is almost as if someone brain washed him into thinking that he is a Labrador, he is playful and social and very protective. During my last observation I found him playing with the neighbors run away puppy. the dog kept running around the lama making the already clumsy beast spin around into a whirl of confusion. During today's observation I got stuck in a very awkward and frightening encounter with my psychotic friend, we stood ten feet away from each other. The look in his eyes while he growled said "if you make any sudden movements I will launch an enormous spit ball at you." Which by the way is how they defend them selves, they keep a cesspool of rotten, accumulated liquid stored away that they will spit at you if provoked. Anyway, it interested me to see such a change of mood in this llama because I had never really seen an animal have, "a good day." I suppose animals have different moods as well, they can be content one day and sad the other day all for no apparent reason, just like humans.
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Sorry everybody, I have been spelling llama wrong this whole time.
ReplyDeleteThis was a really fun post. I thought llamas rolled in the dirt to take dirt baths, or were those chinchillas, never mind. I thought it was adorable when you connected the life of this particular llama to a dog's life. It's amazing that you got close enough to the llama that it growled at you and knew what it was thinking (just like in "Am I Blue?"). Do you think we could see pictures of these llamas one time, I would love to see them. I can't wait to read your next post (I don't think anyone called you out for the misspelling of the word "llama").
ReplyDeleteI liked how you talked about how animals have different moods. It makes me wonder about how my pets moods shift from day to day. The tone in your blog is humorous and keeps readers wanting to read more.
ReplyDeleteYou really collide art with knowledge in the post. How you describe the moods of the llama, and the actions and how the resemble that of a Labrador. Excellent blog.
ReplyDeleteThis is really nice, I see llamas all the time and always think of how funny they look just prancing around. I liked how you kept a wondrous tone while describing the llama playing.
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