[Terrapreta] Terrapreta Digest, Vol 11, Issue 27

[Greg and April]

Thank you, very much for clarification.

It was my understanding that members of the lama family were used all over S 
America, and having seen llamas raised in hot and humid portions of Texas 
( granted not as hot or humid as the Amazon ) it made some sense.

Greg H.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nikolaus Foidl" <nfoidl at desa.com.bo>
To: <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 17:51
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Terrapreta Digest, Vol 11, Issue 27


> Dear All!
>
> The llamas are and where living at altidudes above 1500 meters above sea
> level. They would not survive very long at humid rainforest conditions.
> ( to much wool and not adapted to hot and humid climate).
> I am living in Bolivia and at moderate climates like Santa Cruz you even
> dont have llamas. The others of the same family even need more cold and 
> dry
> conditions then llamas.There where no horses , cows or pigs.
> In Amazon basin they had no domestic animals which where bigger then dogs.
> In the peruvian dry coast lands and in some parts of Bolivia they had
> hairless dogs. (only protein source for the aristocrats)The rest of 
> proteins
> was gathered by hunting. In Amazon basin the most proteins where fish.
> Regards Nikolaus
>