These are the wild version of llama. They are agile, intelligent, fast, and have a marvelous wool-like coat. Found in South America, they live in dry habitats from mountains to coastlines, surviving on grasses and other plants.
Fantasy and science fiction writers spend a lot* of time world building. Because of my background, I think about how the biology of a place would be different from our own world. I have not-guanaco in one of my fantasy stories (Shadows). Killing one brings honor and prestige to the hunter, far beyond bringing down a deer or bison, because they are so wary and hard to catch.
(I’m primarily a biologist, but science of any kind is likely to appear in my blog. Just sayin'.)
*Do you know about the Alot? No? Hyperbole and a Half on Alots
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