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Lone llama rescued after month on Pikes Peak
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Posted on 10/03/2009 4:32:59 AM PDT by JoeProBono
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A lone llama wandering near the summit of Pikes Peak for a month has been captured and is heading to a new home.
Tracy Ducharme and Mike Shealy, both of Black Forest, Colo., trekked up the 14,110-foot mountain Friday to find the little white beast of burden.
They took two llamas with them, hoping Homer's herd instincts would lure him to them. The two split up and Ducharme spotted the llama, which bounded after her llama, Dancer. She then slipped a rope around his neck.
"I dubbed him 'Homer' because of his little odyssey," she said, referring to the classic Greek novel "Odyssey" by the poet Homer.
Ducharme said the llama might lose its ears to frostbite, but is otherwise fine....
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: llama; wildlife
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In this Sept. 20, 2009 photo provided by Southwest Llama Rescue a llama walks near the cog railway tracks near the summit of Pike's Peak near Colorado Springs, Colo. Southwest Llama Rescue is coordinating efforts to capture the llama before it falls prey to mountain lions, coyotes or the coming winter. (AP Photo/Southwest Llama Rescue, Rachel Javorsek)
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10/03/2009 4:35:22 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I’m glad they rescued it
:~ )
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10/03/2009 4:38:56 AM PDT
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nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: JoeProBono
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10/03/2009 4:40:23 AM PDT
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: nuconvert
It's now resting in a suite at the Broadmore.
Do Not Disturb
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10/03/2009 4:47:18 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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10/03/2009 4:53:11 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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10/03/2009 4:58:07 AM PDT
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driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: JoeProBono
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10/03/2009 5:00:34 AM PDT
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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10/03/2009 5:03:10 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Good thing - it will become impassable up there pretty soon.
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10/03/2009 5:06:29 AM PDT
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dirtboy
To: JoeProBono
I have 3 llamas who live next door. Cool creatures!
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10/03/2009 5:18:12 AM PDT
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WellyP
To: JoeProBono
Aw, nice thread for a Saturday morning!
To: JoeProBono
Hahaha. Have a Llama Lamp from the 70s.
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10/03/2009 5:35:35 AM PDT
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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10/03/2009 5:35:44 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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10/03/2009 5:36:38 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Oopsie..
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10/03/2009 5:37:02 AM PDT
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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Havooo
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10/03/2009 5:38:43 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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10/03/2009 5:40:17 AM PDT
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paulycy
(Screw the RACErs)
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10/03/2009 5:40:22 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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