Twenty-three days old baby llama cuddles up to his mom at Sofia Zoo, in December 2005. The Israeli army has gone wild and enlisted the llama, originally from Latin America, as a new if unconventional hardware carrier for infantry units on rugged terrain.(AFP/Valentina Petrova)
To: martin_fierro
2 posted on
02/04/2006 1:15:24 PM PST by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: martin_fierro
Oh I hope they don't get hurt, they are so cute.
3 posted on
02/04/2006 1:16:48 PM PST by
Lorianne
To: mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
4 posted on
02/04/2006 1:17:20 PM PST by
martin_fierro
( ¿Cómo se llama?)
To: martin_fierro
"Watch out, there are llamas."
6 posted on
02/04/2006 1:18:07 PM PST by
dfwgator
To: martin_fierro
7 posted on
02/04/2006 1:19:15 PM PST by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
To: martin_fierro
Just curious, wouldn't camels work well over there?
8 posted on
02/04/2006 1:19:54 PM PST by
rawhide
To: martin_fierro
Why not? Llamas are close kin to camels...
9 posted on
02/04/2006 1:20:07 PM PST by
mfulstone
To: martin_fierro
10 posted on
02/04/2006 1:24:59 PM PST by
Rebelbase
(President Bush is a Jackass when it comes to Border security .)
To: martin_fierro
"The 105th Llama Brigade"? "The Fighting Llamas"? "The 101st Airborne Llamas"?
11 posted on
02/04/2006 1:25:50 PM PST by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace Begins in the Womb)
To: martin_fierro
What happened, those in charge of training the moose were sacked?
16 posted on
02/04/2006 1:40:24 PM PST by
JRios1968
("Cogito, ergo FReep": I think, therefore I FReep.)
To: mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
Llamas joins Israeli troops on frontline
The Muslims have now managed to pi$$ off everybody.
18 posted on
02/04/2006 1:47:29 PM PST by
martin_fierro
(WHAMMALAMADINGDONG!)
To: martin_fierro
Did you know that llamas are also used to protect sheep from predators? They are quite aggressive towards coyotes.
Nam Vet
21 posted on
02/04/2006 1:58:39 PM PST by
Nam Vet
(The Democrat Party of America is perfectly P.C. * .(* P.C. = Patriotically Challenged)
To: martin_fierro
The generals who proposed enlisting llamas in the Israeli army have been sacked ...
22 posted on
02/04/2006 2:09:34 PM PST by
NonValueAdded
("If I were a Cuban, I'd certainly be on a raft," Isane Aparicio Busto)
To: martin_fierro
"Previously, the army tried to put mules to work but the animals proved too stubborn and incapable of carrying heavy goods."
I'm amazed the obvious likeness to Democraps has gone unspoken thus far......so I'm gonna spoke it..:0)
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
26 posted on
02/04/2006 3:51:06 PM PST by
SJackson
(elected members of Hamas: businesspeople, professionals, not terrorists. Scott McClellan)
To: martin_fierro
When llamas go bad . . .
28 posted on
02/04/2006 3:59:12 PM PST by
sassbox
To: martin_fierro
On the downside, the animal is reputed to be touchy and to spit when cross. Sounds like many Dimocrats I know.
30 posted on
02/04/2006 4:06:59 PM PST by
Wolfstar
(Someday when we meet up yonder, we'll stroll hand in hand again, in a land that knows no parting...)
To: martin_fierro
COOL!!!
I'll take the battle llama with the side mounted mini-gun and missile launcher.
31 posted on
02/04/2006 4:13:24 PM PST by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
For those of you who would like to learn more about joining other Freepers on board the Caribbean Princess this May, please click on one of the above animations.
33 posted on
02/04/2006 5:02:38 PM PST by
DoughtyOne
(01/11/06: Ted Kennedy becomes the designated driver and moral spokesperson for the Democrat party.)
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