Do Llamas play?
Our Llamas play quite a lot and during the spring, summer and autumn seasons, many of the younger Llamas can been seen running round the fields at full pelt (Llamas have a surprising turn of speed) as through they are playing tag. This often becomes infectious and end up with all of the Llamas running round after each other. Llamas also do what we call “po-go-ing” which is that they will bounce around on all four legs at a time which gives them a very strange but highly comical appearance. Young male llamas will often “Play fight” which is really just doing what comes naturally and practicing for when they would in the natural world fight the current herd stud male for dominance. This playing can sound and appear very aggressive but does not normally lead to any injuries. As the youngsters get older , unless they are castrated, then these play fight can turn quite vicious and serious injuries can occur. Don’t forget that in the wild, the looser of a battle can run far away and the winn
