Bolivian llamas – in pictures
As Bolivia is trying to give the llamas some international recognition and is lobbying the UN to make 2016 the international year of camelids we take a look at the animals that have lugged heavy loads through the country for centuries
Fri 28 Nov 2014 14.31 EST Last modified on Fri 28 Nov 2014 14.53 EST
A llama (Lama glama, to give it its scientific name) in Altiplano Photograph: Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterNot a real llama, but a classic tourist photo taken in Uyuni, Bolivia. The Salar de Uyuni are the world’s largest salt flats Photograph: Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDelighted llama farmer Emilio Laura, 71, with a prize-winning beast at the second interdepartmental camelids fair in the city of El Alto Photograph: Dado Galdieri/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA Bolivian woman domesticating a young llama in San Juan, Potosi Photograph: Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterAn alpaca – a close relative of the llama – on the salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni Photograph: Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA llama travels across the Titicaca lake by boat Photograph: Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLlama lying on its back in the vicinity of the Negrillos village Photograph: Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA photographer takes pictures of a llama in Altiplano Photograph: Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGirl with llama on Titicaca’s Isla del Sol Photograph: Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterAn Altiplano llama Photograph: Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA llama photobombs picture of women Photograph: Alamy
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