Hodge Podge Lodge; 210; Pets - Llama

Hodgepodge large sets all I'm CPB 49 3:28 to. Me. As. Well. Well maybe not since. I have heard you're surprised to see such a strange animal in

hodgepodge lodged today. I am too but I'm also very glad I'd like you to meet Brad Chernoff and his last name really and Lee you just decided that he needed a nap or to lie down. He's tired his day off so I hope you'll stay with us and find out a lot about llama's this afternoon. When have you ever been this close to a lot more. How about you. Brant lives with us llama's so I know he spends a lot of time close to rock and a hodgepodge large Brent and thanks for but really today. It was a real treat. We'll tell him I bet you have a lot of questions you'd like to find out about this creature like the one you'd like to ask Brundtland because I think I'm waiting for

someone to go to New York. How would you like to know. Oh well. There are a whole bunch of them where there are a whole bunch of. That's a good question. Where do you or where do they live in their native land. Well tell us where you got this one. Well what we did we got him at the Gettysburg game park once again. Hargate Well I don't think I've ever been to one. It was like something like that but they have some weird strange not as like how some dogs got in cages or sort of wandering around loose with it. They have deers and long llamas that are running around loose but not like the Tigers and stuff. OK. Good. That sounds like an interesting place to go to a game park. When you first hear that word what does that sound like land. I like the phrase play the bass. Right. Like a place where you play

baseball or some other kind of game but game means two things it can mean animals or it can mean. Sports. So. Lee came from all while the game park in Pennsylvania. Do you know where do you have you know where you could go and see a lot of llamas. What country. No we don't have to go quite that far but straight south North America. South right and that's where they use Loch Lomond if you're if you want to really say it the Spanish way you say. Yup. All right. Bran Yamma when you have two whales that means say it like a Y yawa. But if you're saying it's English why there's a llama. There's another kind of llama that only has one and you know what that means. Al I am a instead of an El Al I am a. This is an L L A M A. But if you go to another country call Tibet the priest

there are called Lamas and you know that. Well you'll teach us something and we'll learn a lot from you. I know where I came from South America too. He came all the way from South America so I he's probably seen Yama before when he was a baby. The funny thing about the Amazo is that there aren't any wild ones anymore is that right. That the wild ones. He has some relatives that are in whole different names. What family is he in the camp that camel family. Do you think he looks anything like a camel. When you sort of write especially in space isn't there something about his face his eyes and his nose that reminds you of a camel. I think his ears are bigger aren't they. Looks like a duck like a dog you're a gal so quiet is not the amazing thing that he's just lying there. You know I guess he's lying and being

so quiet and we're all looking at him. He's being very good because I know that he must be pretty hot. Well that for me. So tell us how you happened to have him on your farm. Well my mother works at. Can you go on that training school and see the clip. Her class went for a class trip and when she went up she was two weeks old and she saw them and she wanted to smile because she was going to get to go. When she saw her she didn't want that. I think I'd take him more in a sheepdog any day. And how come they let him lead the game. Game Park let your mother having. One see they have got plenty of them and there's something about his mother didn't like him last night she didn't tend to. That's why Lady up there she had to feed him. But now he really does need the bottle. But you know we just give it to my friend Jerry would you show us. You think he'd like a drink now. He looks pretty big to be drinking out of a bottle don't you think.

Well you think that. Doesn't really work but what do you still give me. Even if you give me nothing to pay for it. No he just drinks out of this but he drinks water around them. You have to warm milk off. Well he won't drink it anywhere else. My goodness. I bet he could set a world record for draining a bottle. What's that noise. How do you know what makes a noise when an animal or a baby is drinking out the bottle. You can. Brent. What makes a noise. Suck on it and the air inside.

Right as long as he takes the milk out. Air is going in filling up the space and that's what makes a noise. That's a good physics lesson after he had a bottle of milk. He's all right to play games again. So you brought him home from the game park in the car. Now I wish to train a horse. How do you have never watched trailer. Well we've got we've got horses and. Cows and approving guinea pig and. Chicken. And corn. But the it you. Red your blue eyes I hope you'll come back to hodgepodge sometime and brings of your other animals. Sounds like you have a lot of interest creatures. Let's take a closer look at Lee. Does he like everybody or does he just like you. You know everybody. What do they use him for

down in South America accountable. You're using your as a pet. But in South America using REPAK animals as leaders of America he probably have to carry heavy loads but they aren't the females they don't use females they just use them for bravely. And. These llamas don't you know you can't ride them or put packs on to the Rover three years old three years old like you say for a while and how old is it. Six months. He's only six months old. You think you might try riding him when he gets to be three three and a half. No. Because by that time you'll be a lot bigger too. Right. Do you know how heavy a load they can carry. I think it's about 100 pounds when they are 125. What if the load is too heavy they lay down to get up. And I've heard something else too when they're when they're unhappy or this plea is what sets it on you.

You ever hear about that. If you do something it doesn't like he can spit at you as you know 10 feet away you can he's very accurate. But he hasn't learned how to do that yet. Well then what do you notice about him that would be fun to find out about. He's got very thick for nobody's speed you know. Well you know how many toes. Two Toes and he's used them he's very valuable in South America because he's able to walk on mountain trails narrow trails. I read them sometimes they use a thousand of them at once when they were working on a project that needed a lot of stuff carried in. What do you let me pick up one of these feet and look out. He says he'll do it yearly because the words do lie down again.

You don't like that. You're both feet that way we going just look at it on the floor. What if you put it up on the stool. How about that. You do. Fine. That's good. Gosh maybe you can train him to do tricks like the circus. That gives us a chance to look at his two two toes. Yes very soft pads underneath which he's not going to let us look at so lightly. Very nice soft pads. He looks like he knew everything looks as if he knew. Well let's take a look at some things that are made from LA Yarm offer. You can say llama or Yamma and and some of the Yarm has relatives one of his relatives is called an alpaca. We Ever heard of an alpaca. And this is

a little map that came from South America that's made out of little scraps of alpaca fur. And there they come in several different colors don't they. Maybe we could put it on top of Lee so we can see the different kinds of fur. Leesburg isn't quite this curly but this alpaca fur is pretty curly and white. White Black. Brown and a lighter brown around the edge. I guess this is the animal we have lots of down there and I use it for many things. So there's one relative of Yamma an alpaca. And I have a couple of hats here. Here's one that the Indians wear. How about you trying that on now. And down in Peru in the high Andes. What do you think the weather is like. Pretty cold pretty cold. So try it. I had on last down years and so if you think of a good thing for.

Life in the high mountains. Well Eskimos make hats for our heads too but they don't have this kind of fur. They have all kind of heard. They have their fur and seal fur and maybe some Waller's very very handsome. Right I think you make a good Indian in the high Andes it used to have little tassels tied on the chin. But they've gotten lost at you and why hold that carry that around very long today would you. Well I feel that I've got one for you to try onto. Yes. Well you can feel the leather. That's made of leather and lined lined with paint material handmade. And here's one that's a really nice lady's hat and I wear this to the church sometimes. It's such a nice furry hat on snowy days. What's that line. Try that on and I think that looks like it was made from the mine because it just matches leaves were perfectly you know you.

Know I know it's going to be a little big but you're a pretty girl. I know you look pretty in any kind of that. I think. You have a fur hat. I know lots of girls nowadays have rabbit for hats. Do you have them though. Well I think she looks nice out front. No. OK. Well thank you. Thank you for being such good hat Miles. All right. And here is a beautiful. Blanket. Let's see. If I lost a friend of mine. I've got take very good care of it because I have to take it back to her. So you could use to hop down and help me build it up. Alfred. Excuse me ma'am. See if you can hold up. Hi. That's it. This is made out of Yamma for two. Brown and white to feel about the same. And I bet that would be great to sleeping on a cold winter's night. But my friend

Frances vasty just hangs it on our wall because it's so pretty. Too pretty tough too pretty to do. Thank you. Well let's find out some more about what. We found out. We found out what he likes to drink. And what about. What he likes to eat. 293 do you think you would be cracker's if you were down in South America who lives in South America. What do you think the ones in South America. Well mostly green grass that's why that's another reason they're such good animals they can eat grass and like guns and little tiny plant other animals would need or plants that you find in the mountains. That are plentiful where you don't find a lot of other stuff. But since he's living with you he's learned to eat some different things such as

cracker rockers and peanuts. Well one of the crackers would like to walk over in the cracker. But he didn't say thank you but he gave it because that's his way of saying thank you. Yamma that eats crackers. What are his teeth like. Well he has teeth on the bottom and the top is just gone which you could chew. It was like sheep and cows all you know what that means when they're called when he eats grass does he eat it fast and then lie down and cough it up and chew it again. One could count us cud chewing animals that's a good thing to know about. Humans do that do camels do that good. I've watch cows doing it. It's very interesting that way they

can walk around the field and take eat a lot of grass and then go lie down under a shady tree and call it up and chew it pretty handy because the cats have of those layers of teeth and they had to announce but she'd llamas that just have on tape. I don't think cows have a complete upper layer but they do have some up there. Do you think he loves Liberty's teeth or what do you object to that too. Oh when he puts his ears back I guess I wonder if that means the same thing as when horses put years back up. Well I guess we'll take your word for it that he has teeth on the bottom. Oh I'm really acting up here. Do you know what she weighs.

They usually get. Like 100 150 pounds of. Mostly mostly fur right now. What do you do to his hair to keep it so pretty. OK. Were. Like a dog. Yes the same alpha. Would you like to walk over and take the brush. You know give me a hair brushing. I'm not a paddlings just a voice to help get the kinks out of his hair. Does he like that. What kind of let's look at the brushes second the output book. Well kind of Brazil doesn't have. Yes sir. Pretty prickly right. They look like wire or sort of wire on the side and on regular bristles on the side. Is this a special brush for now. Well we've got the grocery store in there. As for dog dogs Well he has and they're

like some dogs. I guess that's the key here. How do you think you'd like a job as a llama brush or how you want to try a little bit. Well I bet you have maybe you've had more experience brushing here than now. Reach over. Can you reach across the brush your other side. That's it. You'd like that. Lee. Don't you want to look handsome. Makes my saw. Does he ever get burrs in his hair when he's out in the woods. A few right. We've got a few right down here. He's gotten bird right down. He's got this fever. We've got him on his neck. Thank you. That's fine. He looks very handsome. What does it tell me what he does all day at your house.

Well mostly in the morning we get up and you feed him his mountain and take him out in the field. Well. Where does he sleep and when it rains we take them down the barn. But you know what it's not nice days like when it doesn't rain or anything we just keep misspend in your yards. What was it. On St. Bernard. And he doesn't because he jumped all my time to jump over the fence. And so then does he stays out in the field. Oh he has a plan all by himself. Does he ever go out and associate with the other animals like your are kind of a way to say the more we feed the mountain we take them out. But at night we promise. Because like if we give one of the goats scholars they've got hurt. He's too valuable an animal to take any chances with. Does he ever go in your house. Yes. He was in there just

today. What does he do when he comes in your house. Here's his stands and watches. Every time he hears anything. That he just gone just like that scares him. Well he has big ears. Well what else does he like to eat besides cookies and milk and. Grass. Sounds like peanuts. I say you buy them in large quantities. That's a good question. When did you hear a brand you could if you wanted to but you really didn't except when it rains I guess they got washed because people have big dogs like that with fur like this have to wash them a lot don't they.

Listen to him eating the peanuts shell and all you're trying to show me if you put it. So when I like a roar like I ever have one of these peanuts and let's give Alfred a few and maybe Brent could turn around and see and see if he'll eat from your hand. He's such a friendly beast can you sit down on the first I can read what you think. You have another peanut even though it's try to see if he'll eat it. Now how does one beat out enough. People. When people start eating peanuts it's hard to stop. Do you have that problem. I do too. Once you start eating one peanut you feel like having more and more and more. Well maybe that one with a shell on was sort of dry.

Do you think he does drink another bottle of milk. Did you bring any extra amount here let me hold him a minute you fix him another bottle maybe. Maybe Lenka very. Late. What happened to your bottle. Of whiskey. Imagine having to fix bottles. Whoops. I'm. Calling you. You know what's going to happen next. Yes I bet he would be be getting his nose into everything in the kitchen. The case of the curious curious llama. Tell anything you could hold it up high and out over towards me and you hold it over. Oh. Can you hold it in his hand when so he'll turn his head around so we can all see that's it. That's our girl. My goodness you're a great lover of theater.

Have you ever tried to see how much milking a hole at once. Well little less than half a gallon the only force that is offered. For. A gallon is four. So how much is that too. Well that's a lot of milk. About a quarter. They are they are supposed to have four glasses of wine to be healthy. Right. Do you drink for the rest of the day. English. He finished up my. What an appetite. But he's still not full. Still not full of milk. Did he have to go to the vets and get any shots like for TV or anything like that like regular animals. I mean. He's used to living in a cold climate so he's probably not going to probably have to do anything special for winter. This one.

I. Think he's taking a look at my place. I always give him another cookie out here. You never see me I got your last cracker. I love it when he puts his head out and puts his ears up. He looks so handsome. What have you got now. I think he likes crackers better than peanuts. What do you think of any last question you'd like to find out about this llama or have you found out you'd like to know about yamas. Oh yes. Well that's a very curious piece of bear skin there on one side of his leg. And I don't know I'm going to have to read up on two to see what that means he's got one on the outside of both legs and on the inside.

Are they're called Stone stone houses or something like that on horses but I've never seen them on the outside before. So that's something we'll have to do some research on. What's your question what. Do they take to get. I suspect they do. Some of them probably they'll probably be old ones is that they keep them. You told us they keep the males three and a half years old and older to haul stuff but the females I used to have more baby llamas and for so I guess I guess they do. Some of them like the ones that are about five years old they are just like they can just cut the fur. Oh that's nice to know isn't it. Like shearing shearing the sheep. Well you've been a very good guest. Thank you very much Brent for bringing your pet hodgepodge over got to come back some day and bring

some of your others. Thank you for coming today too and I hope you learned some interesting things about Yamas what they're good for and where they come from and what they eat and come back soon again to see us at hodgepodge lots. Good bye. This program was made possible by members

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