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Llamas are used as pack animals in the Andes.

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Is it true that Llamas are used as pack animals in the Andes?

Yes. Multiple reference sources state directly that llamas are used as pack animals in the Andes, including National Geographic and encyclopedia entries. A few additional sources confirm llamas as pack animals without naming the Andes.

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Pack animal
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Pack animal. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_animal

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Distribution. Llamas are found at 3800-5000 m above sea level in the Central Andes, from C Peru to W Bolivia and N Argentina. Llama distribution reached its apex during the expansion of the Inca Empire (1470-1532 ap), when pack trains were used to carry supplies for the royal armies to S Colombia and C Chile. Although originally indigenous and endemic to South America, Llamas have now been exported to countries around the world as a companion animal, featured in livestock shows, used for trekkin
2011
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Wilson, D. E. & Mittermeier, R. A. (2011). Distribution. Llamas are found at 3800-5000 m above sea level in the Central Andes, from C Peru to W Bolivia and N Argentina. Llama distribution reached its apex during the expansion of the Inca Empire (1470-1532 ap), when pack trains were used to carry supplies for the royal armies to S Colombia and C Chile. Although originally indigenous and endemic to South America, Llamas have now been exported to countries around the world as a companion animal, featured in livestock shows, used for trekkin. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5719725

What it costs
1977
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Barry, T. (1977). What it costs. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/whatitcosts00tars

Mountains
1993
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S, W. A., illustrator, D. P., Felicity, B., & Stephen, W. (1993). Mountains. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/mountainsusborne00ange

Llama - Wikipedia
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Llama - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama

Llamas
1996
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Utteg), L. E. U. (. (1996). Llamas. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/llamas00emil

Llama | National Geographic
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Llama | National Geographic. (n.d.). nationalgeographic.com. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/llama-1

A case study of cut marks on camelid bones from the El Palacio site in the northern highlands of Peru: implication of butchering activities
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A case study of cut marks on camelid bones from the El Palacio site in the northern highlands of Peru: implication of butchering activities. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1537/ase.210429

Llamas use social information from conspecifics and humans to solve a spatial detour task.
2023
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A, P., U, K. v. B., & D, B. (2023). Llamas use social information from conspecifics and humans to solve a spatial detour task.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-023-01808-8

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