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Old 13th April 2010 | 19:41
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G&T ice n slice
 
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Errrr... are you talking "camels" or is it "camelids"

"Camelids covers

Bactrian Camels (2 humps) (Asia Camel)
Dromedaries (1 hump) (M.East/N.Africa Camel)

and

Llamas, Alpacas, Guanacos,Vicuņas, (no humps) (South America)

They are all a bad-tempered. The big camels (Bactrians & Dromedaries) stand about 2 metres high & weight is circa 800kg

The Llamas (etc) stand between 130-150 cms high and weigh 90-150kg

So you could gett Llamas (etc) into a fairly ordinary aircraft but the big Camels ....

Cuidado Llamas !
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