This is Not About Llamas Trivia Quiz

Answer: Angora rabbits

Angora rabbits give us angora wool. The Angora goat gives us mohair. Well, not so much give as we generally have to take it from them. Angora wool is very soft and fluffy. The best quality wool, known as first quality, comes from the back and upper sides of the rabbit.

The fur here is usually cleaner. Fur from the buttocks is called third quality because calling it buttocks-quality would make it hard to sell. Unbelievably, they use third quality wool for clothing. Fur worse than buttocks fur is known as fourth quality and is not usable.

Answer: Donkeys

Donkeys have been used to protect flocks of sheep where packs of dogs are a problem. A donkey should not be used if the concern is mountain lions or wolves as he or she would be useless against predators of that size and temperament. The donkey should be familiar with the sheep and it should be a female or a gelding as uncastrated males can be too aggressive. (If I was an uncastrated male donkey I'd purposely act calm. I'm just saying.) One nice thing about using a donkey is that it eats the same things the sheep eat, so it is not necessary to provide a separate diet. You could say the guard eats what the inmates eat.

Answer: Reindeer

Reindeer have been used as pack animals as well as to provide milk by peoples of the Arctic region. The main reasons people maintain reindeer herds, however, are for the meat and for their hides which are used to make clothing; not to mention to be back-ups for Santa's sleigh. Dogs and goats have also been used as pack animals.

They can generally pack no more than 25% of their weight. For a golden retriever, that would be about 15 pounds or 7 kilograms. Goats can also generally pack no more than 25% of their weight.

A Tennessee fainting goat is a smaller breed of goat. They are marked by their quirk of falling over unexpectedly. Not only could they not carry a 65 pound load, but the falling-over thing would be ill-advised with your television and DVD player strapped to its back.

Answer: Willingness to tolerate handling by strangers

While dogs are primarily used in therapy work, some people have used rabbits, cats, horses, dolphins and even elephants. Of course not just any dog, cat, horse, dolphin, elephant (and especially cat) can be a therapy animal. It must first and foremost be naturally comfortable with being handled by strangers.

The animal must also be trained how to react in different situations. It is likewise important that the handler be able to communicate with the animal, be able to properly care for the animal, and be able to determine when too much stress is being placed on the animal. Typing that just now puts me in mind of my wife's special talents regarding handling me.

Answer: Chinchilla

Chinchillas are members of the rodent family that live among the rocks in the Andes mountains of South America. Their use as a source of fur for clothing led to the extinction of one species of chinchilla and came close to ending the other two species. While chinchillas are no longer hunted for their fur, people do raise them for fur.
Before the chinchilla was domesticated, those seeking to make their own stylish chinchilla coats had to travel a "fur piece."

Answer: Antelope

Even-toed ungulates have an even number of toes and bear their weight between the third and fourth toes. Odd-toed ungulates have an odd number of toes. Odd-toed ungulates also have simple stomachs whereas even-toed ungulates have compartmented stomachs. Horses, tapirs and rhinoceroses are all odd-toed.
My ranching uncle claims horses, goats and donkeys are all "stable" animals.

Answer: Donkeys

A group of bullocks (steers) is a drove. A group of hippopotamuses is a bloat. A group of dingos is called a hundred of dingoes, which makes it hard for a biologist tasked with counting dingoes. "How many dingoes did you see today?" "A hundred." "That's the same answer you gave yesterday and the day before. You must be looking at the same ones."

Answer: Guanaco

Guanacos are smaller (3 1/2 to 4 feet high) camelids native to South America and are related to vicunas and alpacas. Their blood contains 4 times the number of red blood cells as human blood. This allows them to live at higher altitudes. Wool from guanacos is particularly soft.
When early explorers of the Patagonian region asked natives what they called these animals, one native replied: "Guana-co" which translates to "What do you think they are, you goober." This could just be a myth.

Answer: Wildebeest

The plants that a ruminant eats first pass into the rumen and reticulum chambers where it is made into cud. The cud is regurgitated, slowly chewed to break down the particle size, then it is swallowed where it goes into the omasum chamber. It finally passes into the abomasum which is the true stomach.
Sorry. I know that sounds gross so try not to "ruminate" on that description--especially if you have just eaten a big meal.

Answer: Cobra

Spitting cobras, like the red spitting cobra, black-necked spitting cobra, Indo-Chinese cobra and the giant spitting cobra, eject venom from their fangs and blow it with air from their lungs up to 6 feet. Skin is impervious to the venom so they aim for their victim's eyes where it can cause blindness. Spitting cobras also bite.
Did you know that baby cobras have exactly the same markings as either their mother or father. You could say they are "spitting" images.