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Llama
Adult weight : 140 kg (308 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 29 years
Female maturity :800 days
Male maturity : 800 days
Gestation : 330 days
Weaning : 152 days
Litter size : 1
Weight at birth : 11 kg (24.2 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 149 W
Body mass : 115 kg (253 lbs)
Llama
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Camelidae
Species : Lama glama
The Llama (Lama glama) is a large camelid, part of South American branch of the family Camelidae, which contains the vicuña, alpaca, and guanaco. The family Camelidae also contains the Dromedary and the Bactrian camel, which live in Africa and Asia. Through history they were kept as a beast of burden and also used for their flesh, hides, and wool. They are now only know in their domesticated state. The llama is famous for its spitting technique, which it uses as a defensive mechanism, although it often prefers to run away to avoid threats. Picture by user Jcwf, licenced under GNU FDL
1. getaway, lam -- (a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam")
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