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brooklynite

(94,591 posts) Wed Oct 10, 2018, 02:54 PM Oct 2018

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.....

Video: Just A Llama Wandering The Streets Of Brooklyn

Runaway animals have become one of the best subgenres of NYC animal stories, and today we may have a new one: a llama (or perhaps an Alpaca) was spotted on the lam in Borough Park this afternoon.

Link to tweet

http://gothamist.com/2018/10/10/brooklyn_llama_taboot.php

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It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood..... (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2018 OP

The Alpacalypse Solly Mack Oct 2018 #1

I had a couple of them. One tried to disembowel me while sheering, another attacked my son. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #2

Interesting - they always seem so mellow. TeapotInATempest Oct 2018 #3

Not mini goats, but have experience with the following: TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #4

Solly Mack

(90,769 posts)

1. The Alpacalypse

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:00 PM

Oct 2018

TheBlackAdder

(28,207 posts)

2. I had a couple of them. One tried to disembowel me while sheering, another attacked my son.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:02 PM

Oct 2018

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Still, they are slightly better than owning pigs. Pigs and mini pigs are the worst farm animals.

The best farm animals are miniature donkeys.

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TeapotInATempest

(804 posts)

3. Interesting - they always seem so mellow.

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:36 PM

Oct 2018

On the other hand, I'm a born and bred city girl, so what do I know?

I just looked up miniature donkeys and now I want one, haha. Do you have any experience with mini goats, by chance?

TheBlackAdder

(28,207 posts)

4. Not mini goats, but have experience with the following:

Reply to TeapotInATempest (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:02 PM

Oct 2018

thoroughbred horses
quarter horses,
mini donkeys,
llamas,
alpacas,
sheep,
highland cattle,
goats,
pigs,
various chickens for eggs and hatching,
guinea hens,
ducks,
geese,
peacocks,
rabbits,
dogs,
cats,
fish,
and probably stuff I can't remember right now.

Goats are funny, they can escape from most fenced in areas, but as long as they have other companions, they won't try to escape. Watch the horns though, they move abruptly and I've come a few times where I could have lost an eye.

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