Why are body temperatures so variable in alpacas and llamas? What will be an ideal ...

Answer to #1

Body temperatures fluctuate due to environmental temperatures and activities at the time. This prevents over heating, and maintains core body temperature in extreme cold or hot weather.

Answer to #2

A soft rope is placed around the abdomen in front of the pelvis. Place the rope across the back and grasp both ends of the rope. With a pull on both ends of the rope, the alpaca's legs buckle or fold and the alpaca kneels down in a sternal position.

Answer to #3

Cuttlebones are the internal calcified structure of cuttlefish (related to squid). They provide a natural source of calcium and trace amounts of iodine.

Answer to #4

Temperature 75 to 85F; Humidity 70 to 90.

Answer to #5

The noise made (chirp) when body parts, usually legs, are rubbed together, as in the chirp of a cricket.

Answer to #6

Hermit crabs change shells before or after a molt (usually after), they have no shells of their own; they may fight over a shell.

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