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| Lorenzo (right) and his owner (left). Any resemblance is purely imaginary. |
Lorenzo's one of the denizens of San Victorino Plaza, where his owner shows him off to kids, families and the occasional tourist. Lorenzo's not really a llama - he's half alpaca and half vicuña. There are no native Colombian camelids, so he's not Colombian-born, either, but an immigrant from Peru.
Lorenzo knows me, but I suspect that he doesn't really love me - just wants the corn kernels I usually give him. Lorenzo chomps them up with his disarrayed teeth. He also laps up coffee.
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| Don't eat my fingers! Lorenzo munches corn. |
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| Lorenzo smiles |
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| Mommy, he's eating my fingers! |
The popularity of getting photographed with and riding
camelids (the group which includes llamas, alpacas and vicuñas) has produced a population explosion in central Bogotá.
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| A baby llama, with alpaca blood. Its parents came from Ecuador. Many human immigrants from Ecuador sell stuff on San Victorino Plaza, but they often get harrassed by the police. |
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| Not such a fun llama ride for this kid. |
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