https://wildlife.blog/tags/machu-picchu/Recent content in Machu Picchu on Wildlife.blogHugoen-ushttps://wildlife.blog/posts/llamas-in-machu-pichu/https://wildlife.blog/posts/llamas-in-machu-pichu/<hr> <p><strong>Llama</strong> <em>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama">Lama glama</a>)</em></p> <p>Domesticated from wild guanacos thousands of years ago, llamas were the Inca Empire&rsquo;s primary pack animal — and a small herd still roams Machu Picchu&rsquo;s terraces today, keeping the grass trimmed the old-fashioned way.</p> <p>A resident population lives year-round at the citadel, maintained by Peru&rsquo;s Ministry of Culture as both a conservation nod and a living link to the site&rsquo;s history.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42391-Lama-glama">iNaturalist</a></p>