European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Its acknowledge that equilibrium has become an important part of the picture of evolution. Some species do Tilte o evolutionary in Wool Tor millions of years at a time. Most theorists now agree Hal species can evolve at very different speeds under dil Lerent circumstances. Bui Iho debate continues to Raga. Because it concerns far More Ihan Speed Iselt. Al slake Are the fundamental questions of evolution when and Why does a Creaturo change lion one lorm to another is most evolution lha Stow unceasing accumulation of the Small changes a geneticist sees in lab Oralois fail ties or docs it occur in episodes. When a Small Popup Ilion. Perhaps isolated geographically suddenly changes enough to give Rise to a now species suddenly in Pauleon ologies terns can mean hundreds of thousands of yogis. 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Helen Bodin Start lying bar put Llama Canto la the Retro goner at her Home in sleepy hollow cell. Training Llamas to be Nice people omm Tai Tea. The ipod lat Marly m Inch in Imit to my a of i thu and the Lemitz of it Toog. Nuary 23.1938 by Muriel Dobbin new York times in the last six years 30 Llamas have graduated rom Helen Bodin Raton s obedience school at in top of a Hal in sleepy hollow Call a tin Community near san Francisco. I was curious to see it one could train a  said Bod Melon who had taught Good manners to dogs Tor 30 years. She Ond her husband Are Active hikers and had gotten a Llama to serve them As a beast of Burden. She bought the cinnamon coloured Llama from a Llama ranch and named him Canto a derivative of the Spanish word for cinnamon. She taught him not Only to carry backpacks Lor hiking trips but to leap into the Backol the family pickup fuck albeit with More Confidence than Grace. Canelo. Who is 8 years old and could live to be 25, became so much a Par of the family that on cold Wal Days boding on sometimes brings him in irom his outdoor barn and tethers him to the refrigerator in the Kitchen now Llamas Are nol the kind of household pet that show up in every neighbourhood veterinarian s office on a typical saturday. But in some areas like suburban Marin county new la of san Francisco lha tall Fry creatures have become a fashionable status Symbol. Bred As a beast of Burden by the incas Lor 5,000 years Llamas have suddenly became a combination of financial investment and four legged lad. According to Sleven rolling a Montana Llama rancher who is president of the International Llama association Llama Breeding has gained in popularity Over the last eight years with the animals Selling at $1,000 Lor a Young male and $7,000 Lor a Breeding female. He estimated the Llama population in the United states at 15,000, with most residing on ranches carrying wine and cheese Lor gourmet safaris As Well As pots and pans for serious hikers. An increasing number he said were bought by Llama lovers who have the acre or land needed to allow the animals proper exercise. Llama ownership mellows you Oul said rotting. He old of a dentist Mirlend who maintained that silting with his pot in the animal s pasture Tor an evening was More relaxing than having two Vodka martinis. Llamas Bodington said proved to be docile dignified and Quick studies although weighing More than too pounds. They can insist on having i hair own Way at limes. Over the three week course of daily lessons Lor which she charges about $200. A Llama learns to leap carry a pack pull a Little Carl pad alongside its owner on walks and respond to commands Liko Kush meaning Lio  lion the french1  she said Llamas communicate by humming have almost no bad habits and can be fed lot a month on a Bale of Hay. She bridles at the accusation that they spit when annoyed a Llama spits under the same conditions that a dog  she said when in is lightened of hurl. But almost never at  rotting concurs with this assessment of the animals behaviour. They be never been known to bile anybody except each other he said. U Llamas Haw vice it s grazing on House plants should Ihry be allowed to wander irom room to room Bodington said Bui there Are things they Don l do and Silling is one of them. A Llama s legs " old like a Lea cozy As Bodington Pul it so that it sinks Inlo a heavily furred Heap patting a Llama on the head is unacceptable to it she Lound. They can be trained to tolerate being scratched under the Chin but you must remember a Llama is not a pet boding on said. A Llama is a companion animal boding on. Who dedicated a 39-Paga Llama training manual nol Only to her husband de but also to my aloof Friend.  is concerned Aboul the transformation of the Llama irom dignified animal to Pel status Symbol. We Don t want to Lurn Llamas into silly spoiled Pels she said i Don l see Canelo  Nice  she agreed with Rolfing that the animals possess both Tranquility and the capacity to observe Iha important things in life. We have noticed when we take Canso on walks she said he is often the first to notice the View. And i have seen him Slop to sniff a  the stars and stripes Page 15