Security Guard.What's a South American llama llama (lä`mə), South American domesticated ruminant mammal, Lama glama, of the camel family. Genetic studies indicate that it is descended from the guanaco. doing on a Montana sheep ranch? Six-year-old Cyrus is on guard duty, protecting wooly wool·y adj. & n. Variant of woolly. Adj. 1. wooly - having a fluffy character or appearance flocculent, woolly soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight 2. sheep from their most dreaded predator, coyotes! Rancher Becky Weed gets credit for the eco-friendly idea. Many ranchers poison coyotes with chemicals such as sodium fluoroacetate sodium fluor·o·ac·e·tate n. A poisonous white powdery compound, C2H2FO2Na, used as a rodenticide and in wildlife control. . When placed inside collars that sheep wear, the chemicals can kill anything that ingests them. Shaggy Cyrus may look goofy, but his mere presence seems to scare hungry coyotes away. |
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