Pack of Camas
I’m not sure how prevalent this knowledge is, but I hadn’t heard of Camas previously and thought the concept was worth sharing.
A cama is a hybrid between a male dromedary camel and a female llama, produced via artificial insemination at the Camel Reproduction Centre in Dubai. – wikipedia
The first cama was born on January 14, 1998. The aim was to create an animal with the size and strength of the camel, but the more cooperative temperament and the higher wool production of the llama – wikipedia
They do get a little less cute as they get older.
Strangest of all, camas have partially cloven feet – a halfway compromise between the foot pad of the camels and cloven feet of the llamas. – metro.co.uk
This use of artificial insemination to overcome size differences has inspired me: please contact me if you work at a bioengineering firm, I want to discuss crossing a Shetland pony with a giraffe.
” The aim was to create an animal with the size and strength of the camel,…”
Years of comic book reading has compeled me to read that any every sentence like it “the _proportionate_ size and strength…”
As soon as we talking in proportionate size and strength I start thinking of Them!
Despite the apparent debunking of the possibility of giant ants, I still hold out hope that one day I will saddle up a Formicidae and ride it into the sunset.
Heh. Them! gets referenced in my very next blog, a mere 18 minutes from when I typed this!
I recall an issue of Spider-Man where he fought The Walrus, who claimed to have the proportionate strength and speed of a walrus. Spidey collapsed in gales of laughter, and of course The Walrus decked him mid-gale.
I think I saw a Cama years before I knew what it was. We were driving in eastern Washington at night and this creature jumped out in front of our car. I was like what was that? From the glimpse in the head lights I thought it was part lama, part deer and part dog. Words like chupacobra and windego popped into my head. I was like kids no one will ever believe this. Years later I read about a Cama farm around where we were driving.