I was blessed tonight in being able to witness our two female llamas playing. These two girls are Aquirus (10yrs old, 335 lbs) and Merle (7yrs old, 415 lbs).
Every once in a while as the sun is setting, all the llamas and alpacas will start to romp and run and bounce, known as pronking in the camelid world (think Pepe Le Pew....boing, boing, boing).
But I have never before seen the girls play quite like they were tonight! Merle and Aquirius started out by pronking around the north pasture, just the two of them. After a few laps, they started to wrestle! It was really incredible watching these two wrestling with each other, each trying to bring the other to her knees and pin her down. Merle won round after round after round. I was just giddy watching them maneuver their necks and legs...blocks, strikes, counter-strikes...an incredible dance between these two middle-aged ladies ;) I hope I have that much energy when I get to be their age!
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