Those TAILS can tell TALES...

By Cathy Spalding
www.gentlespiritllamas.com

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Alpacas and llamas are often very expressive in their communication of information to one another – and to humans – through body language. By definition, body language is “the transmission of meaning, feeling, or intent by significance of act or manner” using the body. This language is conveyed through a variety of body positions and behaviors.

Behavior is the very foundation of our communication with one another whether between those who would speak the same language or between those who do not. It is a constant and innate component of our existence whether conscious or unconscious. The way we (and all species) behave – position ourselves – provides information as to how we may be feeling, what we may be thinking and even at times, what we are about to do. Behaviors can reflect whether or not the communication is more internally or externally stimulated. Hundreds of studies and voluminous reports have come forth regarding human behavior and positioning in the attempt to define and qualify appropriate baselines against which we might then recognize, define and measure human behavior and positioning “outside” those considered norms. And what of our alpacas and llamas? What are the more appropriate baselines of behavior against which we might recognize something “outside” the norm?

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