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surra, n. A camelid closely related to llama, alpaca, guanaco, and
vicuña; markedly larger than the llama (approx. size of a horse).
Like the llama, they were associated with an Aymar deity, but that
deity went out of favor when its priests failed to predict the
coming of Europeans to the Andes. Breeding decreased radically
during Spanish rule and it is unknown whether any remain alive
today.
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When I was in Chile a few years ago, and we saw guanacos (the first
one caused great excitement on the bus, but after we had seen a few
hundred...), I had a question for our guide:<br>
"<u>La</u> llama, <u>la</u> alpaca, <u>la</u> vicuña, <u>el</u>
guanaco... ¿por qué? Guanacos son mas machos?"<br>
He didn't have an answer. <br>
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