Q 01/05

On which continent were llamas domesticated?

A) South America

B) Western Australia

C) Southern Africa

D) Central Asia

Answer · why

A) South America

Andean cultures have used them for meat and as pack animals since long before Columbus.

Q 02/05

What is a baby llama called?

A) A foal

B) A cria

C) A calf

D) A kid

Answer · why

B) A cria

The word is Spanish for 'baby' and is used for young alpacas, vicuñas and guanacos too.

Q 03/05

Llamas belong to which family of animals?

A) Sheep

B) Horses

C) Camels

D) Deer

Answer · why

C) Camels

Early European writers compared them to sheep, but the resemblance to camels was soon recognised; the obvious difference is that llamas have no hump.

Q 04/05

Which wild animal is the ancestor of the domestic llama?

A) The chamois

B) The vicuña

C) The alpaca

D) The guanaco

Answer · why

D) The guanaco

DNA shows the alpaca descends from a different wild camelid, though the two lines have interbred a lot.

Q 05/05

Roughly what share of its body weight can a pack llama carry?

A) 25 to 30 percent

B) 50 to 60 percent

C) 5 to 10 percent

D) 75 to 80 percent

Answer · why

A) 25 to 30 percent

That is good for about 8 to 13 kilometres a day; overload one and it simply lies down and refuses to move.