Llama's on the loose?

[Chrisypoo]

Ok, I realize this is going to sound really strange, but I didn't know where else to post this.

We're currently in Orlando, staying at the Nick hotel. Coming back from dinner tonight (Boma..yum!) we were on Osceola Parkway and turned left onto International Drive South. The Nick hotel is about a mile ahead on the left. As we're driving I see something start to come out of the brush on the right side of the road. Not a deer, not a dog...I thought maybe a fox but it didn't really look like it.

So I turn around, but it was gone. I turn around again to go back to the hotel, and there it is again...a llama! I stopped in the road (no one else around, it's actually really deserted right there because it hasn't been built up yet) and it looked our car, turned quickly and then bounced away into the brush.

I asked the guy at the Nick gate, but he was being a goofball saying that maybe Animal Kingdom is missing some animals.

Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? It was really the funniest thing, especially when it looked at the car and got this "Ack! Humans!" look and then bounced away.

Thanks!

 

[tglenn45]

hey did someone say llama?

 

[JadenLayne]

DID THEY LOOK LIKE THIS????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPDKHXWlLQ

 

[Chrisypoo]

DID THEY LOOK LIKE THIS????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPDKHXWlLQ

Yep, sure did...it was a solid dark brown, just one though.

 

[Narnian_Princess]

Okay, I thought this was going to be a thread about all the "drama llamas" we've been having here on the DIS lately. Oops...

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Well, llamas are getting more and more popular as pets. They're especially sought after by people who keep other livestock (mainly sheep) in areas plagued by coyotes because the llamas are somewhat mean temepered and are willing to put up a fight against threatening carnivores. People use their llamas as guard dogs for their flocks. Plus they produce high quality wool for sale...and are cute. As such, what you probably saw was somebody's escaped pet.

 

[sugarpie]

There was an ostrich loose in my neighborhood a few years ago.

I don't know what the heck was going on, but there were people chasing it and it took them like an hour to catch it. It was hilarious.

Llamas are the in thing for pets in my area. I live a block away from a field full of llamas.

 

[tglenn45]

Llamas are the in thing for pets in my area. I live a block away from a field full of llamas.

you sure those are pets?

 

[milwaukee1]

Okay, I thought this was going to be a thread about all the "drama llamas" we've been having here on the DIS lately. Oops...

That's what I thought too!

 

[Chrisypoo]

I thought it might be an escaped pet...if you go about a mile in the other direction there's a big field with a bunch of cows, maybe it came from there.

It sure wasn't something I expected to see down here...alligators, yes...a llama, not so much!

 

[OctMtnWoods]

You just never know what you are going to read on the DIS.

 

[tglenn45]

You just never know what you are going to read on the DIS.

theres a watusi cow and a buffalo just down the street from me. the cow is the kind with the horns as big as a tree.

 

[MagicalMom]

Okay, I thought this was going to be a thread about all the "drama llamas" we've been having here on the DIS lately. Oops...

Me too!

 

[Pixie Tales]

Okay, I thought this was going to be a thread about all the "drama llamas" we've been having here on the DIS lately. Oops...

me toooooooooo

 

[sugarpie]

you sure those are pets?

Yes, they're pets. They really don't have much use other than for their wool. They're quite friendly and my kids like to go pet them.

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

llama llama llama---wheeee I saw a llama!!!!

 

[DemonLlama]

ALright, I cannot resist, what with my username and all:

For your viewing pleasure: The Llama Song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPDKHXWlLQ

 

[horseshowmom]

Ok, I realize this is going to sound really strange, but I didn't know where else to post this.

We're currently in Orlando, staying at the Nick hotel. Coming back from dinner tonight (Boma..yum!) we were on Osceola Parkway and turned left onto International Drive South. The Nick hotel is about a mile ahead on the left. As we're driving I see something start to come out of the brush on the right side of the road. Not a deer, not a dog...I thought maybe a fox but it didn't really look like it.

So I turn around, but it was gone. I turn around again to go back to the hotel, and there it is again...a llama! I stopped in the road (no one else around, it's actually really deserted right there because it hasn't been built up yet) and it looked our car, turned quickly and then bounced away into the brush.

I asked the guy at the Nick gate, but he was being a goofball saying that maybe Animal Kingdom is missing some animals.

Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? It was really the funniest thing, especially when it looked at the car and got this "Ack! Humans!" look and then bounced away.

Thanks!

If it were me, I would check the phone book to see if I could find an animal protection group (Humane Society, etc.). Let them know where you saw the llama. Llama's definitely aren't "native" , so this one is certainly "lost" from somewhere. It may be foraging okay on its own right now, but it might not be, and of course, it's in danger of being hit by a car.

 

[tglenn45]

Yes, they're pets. They really don't have much use other than for their wool. They're quite friendly and my kids like to go pet them.

this thread makes me think of napolean dynamite "hey tina come get some ham!"

i'm glad their pets. i thought maybe they were food like this recipes sounds pretty good
http://www.ellenskitchen.com/forum/messages/328.html

 

[wendy46001]

Our neighbor used to have two as pets (talking Windermere FL, not out in the country)...he used to walk them everyday just like a dog...odd sight at first but we got used to it....