A Wonderful Trip In Santa Barbara

BY:AMY

About 2 weeks ago, I went to Santa Barbara with my friends. As we really wanted to visit the cute animal called Alpaca and Llamas , which are very popular and charming among teenager. It is common that theses kinds of animals draw a lot of attentions among young generations, however people may not know much about these kinds of animals. So today I want to introduce more information about the animal we visited in the small ranch.

The rare Alpaca is a charming and valuable member of the camel family. And their babies are called crib. They are naturally lived in the Andes which is located in the south of America. What’s more, the tour guide told us that it is not only can be enjoyed in visual sides but also their fiber can be used for selling, which is very expensive and luxurious. And when we asked the frequent of the new birth in their family, the tour guide told us that the new generation can be breed once a year.and what i want to emphasize is that the Alpaca is very gentle and quiet in the day time.when i gave them oranges they even didn't give any noise with running towards us.

 Besides, the other animal we visited are llamas, as we know the llamas looks like the ALPACA, maybe in our imagination we thought there are subtle different among them. Nevertheless, there are surely some differences among them. They are many functions among Llamas family, Including showing, packing, driving, wool, pets and breeding. And I think it seems like the donkey in rural areas in china, people tend to use it as a labor tool. But the llamas are much more good looking than the donkeys. Moreover, An adult llamas can carry 60-80 pounds 8-10 miles per day. How a useful animal it is! and the llamas gestation period is 11~12 months and they rarely have twins. although they do spit at each other, they seldom spit at people. Llamas hum to their babies and they also have a high pitched scream which is an alarm call. But from my experience ,they sometimes may pit at visitors, so you should pay attention when you have fun with them. In addition, I think it is very interesting when they have some behaviors like making hum and lying down on the floor when they are tired. I think that they are very gentle, clean animals and a joy to raise one. Though It is a little bit smelly if you stay here for a long time.

From this trip, i saw the animals i always enjoyed before showing on the websites. it was an unforgettable experience! have a visit ! my friends!