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    future. So you can use the past to get through the future. This essay will show you that you have to have a past and to go through things in order to have a future. This paragraph is about llamas and where they came from. Llamas are a member of the camelid family. The relatives are the Camel, the Alpaca, the Guanaco, and the Vicuna (Clark, Donna.) The Guanaco is predicted to be the progenitor of the llamas. They originate from the central high Andean Mountains of South America. But it is said that llamas

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    Camelid Sacrum

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    Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico. 14,000-7,000 B.C.E. Bone. This sculpture is carved from the sacrum bone of a now-extinct camelid. The sacrum bone is the large triangular bone at the base of the spine. The sculpture was handmade. Geologists argue that it was carved with a sharp instrument. The two carved circles which represent the nostrils are perfectly symmetrical. This work of art is a sculpture. It was made from the now fossilized remains of the sacrum of

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    Life Along The Silk Road During the outward-looking rule of China's Tang dynasty (seventh-ninth century C. E. ), sophisticated people in northeastern Iran developed such a taste for expensive, imported Chinese pottery that they began to imitate it in great quantity for sale to people who could not afford the real thing. And in northern China there was a vogue for beautiful pottery figurines of camels laden with caravan goods or ridden by obviously non-Chinese merchants, musicians, or entertainers

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    Australian Camels Essay

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    Australian Camels The livestock of man has been distributed throughout the world. Horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and goats can be found on every continent of the planet, with the exception of Antarctica. These common animals supply man with food, materials, and transportation. For thousands of years men have bred these animals for specific purposes. Horses have been bred for work and racing. Cattle have been selectively bred to supply more meat and live in different conditions.

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    Alpacas and Llamas What makes a good livestock animal? Many things are to be considered when choosing a livestock animal. Every animal is raised for different reasons. Llamas and Alpacas are some examples of livestock animals. While llamas and alpacas seem similar, they have many differences. Llamas are slightly bigger than alpacas and have many physical differences. Other than physical differences, llamas and alpacas have different purposes. Both animals are good livestock animals to raise, but

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    Camelus Dromedarius

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    One of the most common frogs found in the richly diverse Amazon Basin is Camelus dromedarius, the camel. This large ruminating hoofed mammal, also known as Arabian camel, Dromedary Camel, One-Humped Camel, lives throughout the deserts of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, and Africa (Abdelhamid, 2014). “Dromedarius” is a large, even-toed ungulate with one hump on its back (El-Bahrawy, 2015). This animal has a normal mammal life reproduction cycle, and a historical evolution. It is now a part

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    Bb Ap Essay

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    APPROACH 3 Towards a diagnosis of Bb-Ap co-infection and Lyme neuroborreliosis Currently, the effective diagnosis of Lyme disease is challenging. Usually, a two-steps serological test approach is recommended, using ELISA and Western Blot, but a high incidence of false-negative results is observed. Molecular diagnosis based on PCR are not recommended since Bb DNA may persist in the host long after the bacterial elimination. Consequently, there is an urgent need to develop a specific diagnostic

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    Llama Research Paper

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    animal which means it is a tamed animal and can live on a farm or be a pet. Llamas are used by the Andes mountains people (national geographic, 2015) Llama belongs to the camelidae family the camelid evolution started in north America approximately 82 million years ago around three years ago the camelids moved to south America. Over 6300 years of selective breeding has made llamas he safest and easiest to train pack animals in the world. Llamas have been trained over millions of years to survive

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    Bolivia's Economy

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    As of 2016 Bolivia is home to around 229,141,399 live production animals. This includes animals like asses at 635,111, Camelids at 3,204,037, Ducks at 702,000, Goats at 2,209,968, Horses at 499,403, Mules at 82,611, Pigs at 2,906,696, Rabbits at 290,000, and Rodents at 426,000. The top three production animals you will find in Bolivia are sheep at 7,471,380 totaling to 3

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    Alpaca Fiber Exquisitely soft, luxuriously lightweight, superbly breathable, and incredibly durable—these are just some of the fabulous reasons why alpaca fiber is now considered part of an elite category of fabrics called specialty fiber. Studies show that alpaca fiber is 30% warmer than sheep’s wool and second only to mohair in strength. It occurs in about 22 natural colors ranging from white to black with a rich variety of beiges, browns and grays in between. Alpaca wool has no lanolin making

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